Exhibitions, Conferences
Exhibitions
Indigo Reimagined, solo Exhibition. 20 June- 20 August, 2018, Main Auditorium Gallery, University of Lagos, Nigeria / second viewing at Alara, Victoria Island, Lagos, 30 Oct-30 November, 2019.
On and On Group Exhibition, Lagoon Gallery, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, January, 2019.
October Rain, Group Exhibition of the Society of Nigerian Artists, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pyramid Gallery, Ikoyi Lagos. 20 October, 2018,Fulbright Art Exhibition; Good Governance, University of Benin Banquet Hall, Edo State, Nigeria. 19-21 January, 2016.
Return, Solo Exhibition, Raw Spot Gallery, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. June 13, 2018.
Objectas Fontera at CA2M in Madrid, Spain November 4, 2015 to February 28, 2016 (Curated by Solphie Golz Travelling exhibition featuring: Kader Attia (France/Algeria), artist collective Burning Museum (South Africa), Sammy Baloji (DR Congo)/ Lazara Albear (Cuba/Belgium), Peju Layiwola (Nigeria), Michelle Monareng (South Africa), Paulo Nazareth (Brasil), Lisl Ponger (Austria), Jorge Satorre (Mexico), Penny Siopis (South Africa), Dierk Schmidt (Germany), Karl Waldmann († Germany), Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa (Great Britain/Uganda).
Artificial Facts and Boundary Objects, June 20-September 20, 2015, Kunsthaus Dresden, Municipal Gallery of Arts, Dresden, Germany.
Curated/Exhibited in the Whose Centenary? Collaborative Public Art Project, Igun Street, Benin City, 6/7December, 2014. Group public art performance and exhibition done with the support of a University of Lagos research fund .
Group show: Contemporary Artists from Nigeria, Nigeria/Roots, Luciano Benetton Collection, 2013
Benin1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question, a Solo Traveling Exhibition by Peju Layiwola, Lagos, 8 April-30 May, 2010, Main Auditorium Gallery, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Solo Exhibition: Benin1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question, a Solo Traveling Exhibition, The Museum, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ibadan, 20 August-10 October, 2010
Joint show: Identities and Labels: Eight Contemporary Nigerian Women Artists, Pan African University Lagos, 24 September-8 October, 2005
Two man show: Of Bronzes and Prints: a Mother/Daughter Perspective: an Exhibition of Sculptures, Reliefs and Prints. Goethe Institute Lagos, Two-person exhibition by Princess Elizabeth Olowu and Peju Layiwola. June 14 – 25, 2003.
The African Woman: An Exhibition of Bronze Sculptures,’ solo exhibition, Flowerfield Arts Gallery, Portstewart, Northern Ireland, U.K, May 1996. Women, Art and Society: Queen’s University of Belfast, Armagh Campus. N. Ireland, UK, September, 1996.
Curator: Wole Soyinka @ 80 Art Exhibition. Curator/Exhibitor, JP Clark Centre, University of Lagos.
Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant –Gardes, Group selection, Phaidon, London.
Selected Exhibitions
(Local and international)
Not an Ocean between Us: Voices of Women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC. Group exhibition of 41 works by 24 women artists. May 30, 2006 -March 17, 2007.
African Art, African Voices, October 2, 2004- January 2, 2005, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
Out of Bounds: Women Artists from Africa Curated by Mimi Wolford for the University of New England Art Gallery, Westbrook College, Maine, Portland July 20 – September 19, 2004. Peju Layiwola and Rackhi Diankha; an Exhibition of Two Female African Artists, Mbari Mbayo Institute, Washington DC, USA, 5 October, 2003.
Breaking the Mould in Africa; The Cire Perdue Casting Technique Revisited,’ The Basement Gallery Dundalk, Republic of Ireland, August, 1996.
Voices from Within: African Art Expressions, 2009, Enugu, Nigeria.
3rd National Exhibition of Female Artists Association of Nigeria, September-October, 2007. Aina Onabolu House, National Theatre Annex, Iganmu. Lagos.
Harvest of the Harmattan Retreat; Exhibition of Art Works from the Harmattan Workshop Series, Agbaraotor, Pan African University, Ajah, Lagos. 2-16 October, 2004.
‘Just Prints’ Mydrim Gallery, Victoria Island, Lagos, July 1-12, 2004.
Rhythms of the Forge, Aina Onabolu Gallery, Lagos, January 31- February 13 2003.
Exhibition to mark the 1st year Anniversary of the Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture (NSIAC). Tuesday 17, June 2003.
‘Finger Prints and Footsteps of Nature’ An exhibition organized by Alliance Francaise in collaboration with the Society of Nigerian Artist, Oyo State Chapter May 31- June 14, 2002.
Modern Nigerian Painters’ Exhibition Organized by the Nigerian Society for Information, ‘Arts and Culture (NSIAC), Ibadan and the Society Of Nigerian Artists, Oyo State, 28 August 2002.
‘Third Tier of Government; Myth or Reality’ Exhibition and Symposium on Local Government held by the Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture (NSIAC), Ibadan 30 July 2002.
‘Creative Femininity’ Aina Onabolu Gallery, 21 November, 2002 organized by the National Gallery of Art, Abuja and the Nigerian Association of Female Artists.
Exhibition in Honour of Professor C. O. Adepegba, Museum Lobby, Institute for African Studies, University of Ibadan, 29-31 October 2002.
Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Open Day Exhibition 2002, 16 –20 December, 2002.
‘Vision Rekindled’ Exhibition Organized by the Society of Nigerian Artists, Oyo State Chapter, the British Council, Ibadan, Oyo State. August 24-31, 2001.
‘Echoes, Cities and Artists in Nigeria’ Organized by The French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA) in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. 29-31 October, 2001
Images’ Exhibition organized by the Society of Nigerian Artists, Oyo State Chapter in Collaboration with the Ministry of Information, Youth, Sports & Culture, Oyo State. The Cultural Centre, Mokola Hill, Ibadan 5-19 October, 2001.
Conferences and Workshops
Working Group Meeting on African Women Artist, (Aware) Paris, 8,9 November, 2019
Making Meaning from a Fragmented Past: 1897 and the Creative Process, Rhodes Island School of Design, Art History Department, March 6, 2019
Workshop Undoing Postcolonial Knowledges July 18-21, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany
Art X; Statues Also Die, Considering Institutionalizing Collections, November 4, 2018, Civic Centre, Lagos.
Publishing Workshop (PROSPA) publishing and Research in of the South: Positioning Africa, Mellon Funded. 19-25, November, 2018, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Agenda Setting Workshop, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) ARUA Centre for Excellence for Unemployment and Skill Development, 6-7 September, 2018, University of Lagos.
Condition Report 3, Raw Symposium on Art History in Africa, Raw Material Company, Dakar Senegal 20-22 September, 2018.
Contemporary African Artistic Practise: Political Forms and Practise, Symposium Musee d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, 17-18 May, 2018.
Declaration of the exhibition open, Oreze VI, Imeobi-Obi of Onitsha’s palace, Onitsha, Anambra State, 30 September, 2018.
“Prussian Colonial Heritage: Sacred Objects and Human Remains in Berlin Museums” on October 14/15, 2017, Berlin.
The Friday Forum, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Paper presented: My Art Trajectory: Influences and New Directions’, 8 September, 2017.
Visiting Scholar Lecture Series, Fine Art Center, Department of Art History, University of Arkansas, 18 September, 2017
The Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA), 17th Triennial Symposium, University of Ghana, Legon. August 8-13, 2017.
Expropriate Art and the Never Ending ‘ongoing’ Discussion about Returns, Lecture for Life in My city festival (LIMCAF), Enugu, 2016.
Chair, Jury Life in My City Art Festival, Enugu. 2016
Looted Art and Restitution in the Twentieth century: Europe in Transnational and Global Perspectives, Newham College, Cambridge University, Cambridge UK.18-20 September, 2014.
Artefakte Activation Session, Ecole du Patrimoine Africain in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, 6-7 October, 2014.
101st USA College Arts Association Conference, New York, 10-20 February, 2013.
Organizer, Annual UNILAG/OYASAF Art Entrepreneurship Workshop 2011 and 2012, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos sponsored by the Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art Foundation.
Disturbing Pasts: Memories, Controversies and Creativity Project Conference, Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, 20-22 November 2012.
South African Visual Art Historians Conference (SAVAH), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa,11-20 January, 2011.
African Lace Exhibition and Summer Workshop on Indigenous Textile Art Techniques, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria 22 October, 2010.
International Conference on Africans and the Catholic Church Conference paper delivered Christian Images, African Idiom: An overview of Artistic Expressions of Worship in the Catholic Church of Nigeria, Global African Arts Program, Seattle University, USA, January 31-February 2, 2008.
Women’s Art, Women’s Vision paper delivered Expanding the Frontiers of Women’s Art: The Women and Youths Art Initiative, Nigerian Society for Information, Arts and Culture, Jericho, Ibadan, 26th March 2008.
Edo Art and the Reconstruction of Memory presented at the Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA.,18th of September 2008.
Contemporary Benin Brasscasting: A Study in Continuity and Change, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 23, 2008.
Women’s Representation, Women’s Expressions in Benin Art, September 24, 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Culture and Identity in the Mega City; Lagos as an Example, paper delivered titled ‘Cultural Life and Cultural Scene in the Mega City’ A Workshop and Symposium June 28 – June 30, 2007. Goethe Institute, Lagos.
Royal Commemorative Fabrics of Benin, International Conference on Benin Kings and Rituals; Court Art from Nigeria, May 9-16, 2007, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria.
Children’s Crafts Workshop on Paper Crafts, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria 16-17 May 2007.
Coordinator, Talent Hunt workshop on vocational training in collaboration with the National Museum Lagos, December 10-17, 2006, Lagos.
Facilitator, Goldsmithing session, 8th Harmattan Workshop of the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, Nigeria, March 2006.
Discussant, ‘Art and Crafts for National Rebirth’ Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, 23 May 2006.
Guest Speaker, ‘When Does an Artist Become a Master’, Lecture in Honour of Yusuff Grillo, organized by Ara Studio, National Gallery of Arts, Lagos 30 ,May 2006.
The 17th Archaeological Association of Nigeria Conference held in the University of Ibadan, on the 6-8th March, 2005.
30th Anniversary Conference on the theme Contemporary Nigerian Art, Department of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife 1-4, June 5, 2005.
Coordinator, Talent Hunt workshop on vocational training in collaboration with the National Museum Lagos, Mbari Mbayo School, Lagos, August 12th -26, 2005.
Sustaining the Development of Theatre Practice in Nigeria, SONTA 2004, University of Lagos, July 1-3, 2004, paper delivered; ‘Depicting Illusion as Reality; The Role of the Visual Designer in the Development of Theatre Practice in Nigeria.
Yari Yari Pamberi Conference; Black Women Writers Dissecting Globalization,
International Conference on Literature by Women of African Ancestry, Institute of African American Affairs, New York University, October 12-16, 2004.
International Conference on Literature by Women of African Ancestry, Institute of African American Affairs, New York University, October 12-16, 2004.
Convener of the conference and workshop titled Revisiting History Through the Arts and Creative Workshop, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos. November 1-8, 2004.
7th Harmattan workshop, Agbarha-otor, Delta State, February 2004.
History seminars of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, 11th May, 2004.
Presentation of the paper Benin Art, Memory and Reconstruction, on the Broken Memory Project, Ecole des hautes en sciences socials in collaboration with GTMS, Paris 13th May 2004.
Facilitator, Bronze Casting and Jewelry at the 4th Harmattan Workshop of the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State, Nigeria, February 24-March 9, 2002.
‘Transmission of Knowledge; Terracotta and Metals in West Africa and Cameroons’ An International conference by the Institute of French Research in Africa, 9 – 12 September 2002.
‘Harmattan in Lagos’ A workshop/Lecture series at the Centre Culturel Francais De Lagos, 14 September 2002. Paper delivered titled ‘Between the Forge and the Foundry.
’Nigerian Traditional Craft for Self Reliance’ the 16th Archaeological Association of Nigeria Conference held on the 9-11 December 2002, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Jos.
‘The Transmission of Artistic Knowledge in Contemporary Nigeria (1960-2001)’ A
Workshop organized by the institute for French Research Institute in Africa (IFRA) 7 May
2001.
Workshop organized by the institute for French Research Institute in Africa (IFRA) 7 May
2001.
The Universite Nationale du Benin Colloque Internationale titled ‘Borguo 98’ Parakou and Nikki, Republic of Benin. April 6-9, 1999.
The Experimental Bronze Age Casting Project’ Organized by the Sculpture Society of Ireland, Umha Aois, Navan Centre, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 26 July-4 August, 1996.
Trends and Themes in Environment and its Implication on Art and The Art Teacher, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Lagos 31 March 1993, Paper delivered titled ‘Extracting Beauty From Waste’.