Ayo’s practice enlivens unofficial and official archives, recognizing that no knowledge is complete until it passes through the body. With this engagement of the body as an archive, Ayo studies oral records, intangible forms of cultural heritage, and craft practices, among other sources, to build new narratives shape-shifting from sculpture, film, and performance. Having migrated from Uganda to the Netherlands in her youth, Ayo carries personal and collective histories pertaining to what she remembers about her homeland. These recollections are fertile ground for creating plural narratives in conversation with the cultural contexts she currently inhabits.
Browse works by Ayo
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She asked me why did you come if you''ll leave again (2019)
Exhibited at Shimmer, Rotterdam
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Modern Day Griots & tapped train conversations (2020)
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Cours Belsunce (2021)
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That which chases away sorrow (2023)
Exhibited at Art Rotterdam
(Third picture by Silvia Arenas)
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When Things Are Beings (2023)
Exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
(Pictures by Geert-Jan Van Rooij)
Ayo is a Ugandan-born artist, researcher, and filmmaker based in The Netherlands. She holds an MA in Fine Art from the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam. In 2022, Ayo was a resident at Amant, New York, and Triangle - Astérides, Marseilles in 2021. In 2020 Ayo was awarded the Willem De Kooning Master Research Award. Recent exhibitions include: When things are beings, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Art Rotterdam, and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin among others.
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