Olusayo Ajetunmobi

Artist & Storyteller

Nigeria, Canada

Summary

Ajet creates paintings, folklores, prints, illustrations and interactive performance art. She is exploring cultural memory using a variety of materials, traditional mediums and digital tools.

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Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

InDesign

Productions

- Commercial / Advertisement
  LemLem (Annual Impact Report)
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  African Women's Development Fund
- Book
  The Children of Light
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  The Black Girl Judge LLC
- Book
  But Why?
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  SugarApple Books
- Commercial / Advertisement
  Of the things war did to us
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Association for Progressive Communications (apcwomen.org)
- Commercial / Advertisement
  16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  African Womens Development Fund
- Commercial / Advertisement
  Booked Up
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Book Buzz Foundation
- Commercial / Advertisement
  For Women Who Wear Their Hair At Will
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Asadu Ibobo
- Book
  Behind The Drape
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Illustrator - Designer
- Company
  Flanagan Publishing
- Book
  The Greedy Ostrich
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Author/Illustrator
- Company
  Kachifo Ltd.
- Commercial / Advertisement
  African Women's Day
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Oxfam International
- Commercial / Advertisement
  Letters For Kids
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Author-Artist
- Company
  The Rumpus
- Book
  Self Help Booklet for Migrant Returnees
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Book
  What You Need to Know About Sexual Violence
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Book Buzz Foundation
- Music Video
  Alien at home
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Producer/Art Director
- Company
  LexAsh studios, Lagos
- Book
  Inspire Us Series
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Illustrator/Designer
- Company
  Worldreader
- Book
  Reimagined Folktales from Africa
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Paivapo, Kenya and Ouida Books, Nigeria
- Book
  I can’t speak Igbo
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Finder Publications UK
- Book
  I can’t speak Yoruba
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Finder Publications UK
- Book
  Levi’s Daughter
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Finder publications UK

Experience

Printmaker at Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation
Agbara-Otor, Delta
February 2024 - February 2024
Participated in the 26th Harmattan Workshop and acquired a certificate for artistic growth through interaction, experiment and research in printmaking.
Artist in Residence at Legacy 1995
Lagos, Nigeria
August 2021 - November 2021
Artistic residency at Jaekel House for the 'Revive and Thrive: Digital Collaboration Across Continents' Go Digital Project

Supported by the International National Trust Organization (INTO) and British Council
Artist in residence at Akada Children's Book Festival
Lagos
October 2020 - October 2020
Mentored children artists.
Artist in Residence at Ake Book and Arts Festival
Lagos, Nigeria
September 2019 - October 2019
Installed an interactive art installation during the festival, exploring Black Bodies, Gray Matter. The installation attracted over 100 interactions from black people of all ages.
Creative Director at Juju Pan-African Ltd.
Lagos, Nigeria
October 2018 - March 2020
Editing and researching monthly articles

Design and Brand Identity

Product design and photography

Project management and art direction

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