J.D. 'OKHAI OJEIKERE

(Born 1930, Nigeria)

1950 Purchases Brownie camera
1954 Becomes darkroom assistant at the Ministry of Information in Ibadan
1960 Nigeria gains independence
1961 A year after Nigeria gains its independence Okjeikere becomes studio photographer, under Steve Rhodes, at Television House Ibadan
1963-1975 Publicity work at West Africa Publicity in Lagos
1967 Joins the Nigerian Arts Council
1968 Begins documenting Nigerian hairstyles
1995 First solo exhibition in Nigeria and included in exhibition in Switzerland, the first time his work is shown outside of his country
2000 Solo exhibition at the Cartier Foundation in Paris accompanied by a monograph begins a series of exhibitions throughout Europe, North America and Japan
2009 Continues to live and work in Lagos, Nigeria

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

Hairstyles: J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Blaffer Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Houston, Texas, USA.

2001

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Hairstyles 1968 - 1999, Mamco (Musée d'art moderne et contemporain), Geneva, Switzerland .

2000

J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France. .

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

A Midsummer Gallery Soiree, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA

2010

National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA, USA

2010

70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2010

70s. Photography and Everyday Life,Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain

2010

AIPAD, L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA

2009-2010

70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Museo D'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy

2009

70s. Photography and Everyday Life, Teatro Fernan Gomez, Photo España, Madrid, Spain.

2006

100% Africa, Guggenheim Bilbao, Pigozzi Collection, Bilbao, Spain.

2006

About Africa Part One: Seydou Keita , Malick Sidibé , Jean-Dominique Burton , Jürgen Schadeberg , J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Belgium.

2005

Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA.

2004

Collection Agnès B, Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France .

2004

Joy of Life - two photographers from Africa: Seydou Keita , J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.

2004

Nous Remontons de la "Calle" Toutes les Photographies!, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Paris, France.

2003

Highlights from the collections of Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris: William Eggleston , Beat Streuli , Bill Viola , Vik Muñiz , J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Pierrick Sorin, BildMuseet Umeå universitet, Umeå, Sweden.

2002

Collection in Context - Recent Photography Acquisitions, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009

Willis, Deborah. Posing Beauty African American Images from the 1890s to the Present. New York: Norton.

2008

Harney, Elizabeth editor. Flava:Wedge Curatorial Projects 1997-2007.Toronto: Wedge Curatorial Projects.

2006

100% Africa, Exhibition Catalogue. TF Editors & FMGB Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.

2005

De Lima Greene, Alison; Alvia J. Wardlaw and Thomas McEvilley. Africa Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Exhibition Catalogue, Merrell and MFAH

2005

Domino, Christophe and André Magnin. L’art africain contemporain, SCALA.

2004

Schürmann, Wilhelm and Susanne Lange. Kurzdavordanach. Gedenwart als Zwischenraum, Exhibition Catalogue, Editions Revolver Books.

2003

Parures de Tête : Hairstyles and Headdresses, Exhibition Catalogue, Editions Dapper.

2002

Geo, Photos, June 6 (German publication).

2002

“Hair raising”, Azure, June-May (Canadian magazine)

2002

“Ojeikere: Hairstyles”, Word, May (Canadian magazine)

2002

Jordan, Betty Ann. “Crowning Glory”, Toronto Life, May.

2001

Century City : art and culture in the modern metropolis, Exhibition Catalogue, Tate Modern, Tate Editions.

2001

“El peinado como objeto de arte”, El Diario Vasco, February 6.

2001

Agirre, Joxean. “Amets eder baten anzeko orrazkerak dituten neskak”, Gara, February 7

2001

“J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, en Donastia “Cortes de pelo, hairstyling”, Gara, February 17.

2001

Gonzalo, Jon. “Okhai Ojeikere: Orrazkera artearen pareko jardueratzat dugu Nigerian”, Egunkaria, February 7.

2001

Grandjean, Emmanuel. “Ojeikere ébouriffe le Mamco et Hafif lui donne des couleurs”, Tribue de Genève, February 21.

2001

E.D., “Le Mamco change de look avec J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere”, Tribune de Genève, March 16.

2000

Magnin, André. J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere/Photographs. Germany: Cartier Foundation with Scalo

2000

La Beauté, Exhibition Catalogue, Palais des Papes. Avignon, France: Editions Flammarion.

2000

J. D Ojeikere. Africa inside, Noorderlicht, Stichting Aurora Borealis.

2000

“Ojeikere, Fondation Cartier in Tnago”, Daily Times, January 26.

2000

“Ojeikere décioffe à la Fondation Cartier!”, Photo, no. 368, April. Vouge, Photo, April.

2000

Magnin, André. “L’Afrique de dos”, Jalouse, May.

2000

Vérdenne, Elisabeth. “Inventaire au peigne fin”, L’oeil, no. 515, April.

2000

“Ojeikere’s Hairstyle stun France”, The Guardian on Sunday, May 14.

2000

Ryle, John. “Head Strong”, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Review, May 21.

2000

Bender, Wolfgang. “J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: Porträts afrikansher Frisuren”, Entwicklungs – Politik, May.

2000

Diva, no. 7, June.

2000

Kuntz, Joëlle. “Moments de beauté en Afrique – La coiffure comme oeuvre de l’art africain”, Le Temos, August 10.

1996

Nigerian Traditional Hairstyles, Exhibition Catalogue, Goethe- Institut: Lagos.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Walther Collection

Brooklyn Museum, New York

Cartier Foundation, Paris

NSM Vie/ ABM Amro

Studio Museum Harlem, New York

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York