Toyin Loye

Toyin Loye was born in 1959 into a traditional royal house in Ijebu Jesa, Nigeria.
He studied Fine Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. He now lives and works in the Hague, the Netherlands. More recently, he has been developing new ways of working with different materials and media. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout galleries in Nigeria, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Toyin Loye was commissioned by FIFA along with Andreas Gursky, Luo Brothers, Markus Lupetz and others to create the official Art Poster for the Germany 2006 World Cup.


Moving Space II

We are all delivered into a fleeting lifetime upon a vast and fast moving highway. We traipse across a multi-layered cultural canvas packed with an infinite spectrum of colour and texture. Occasionally we surface from the sea of swirling people and find our breaths before submerging back into the swell of our migratory waters.

Our interconnected journeys often share the same unknown destination. But what is it that we bring for such a ride of a lifetime? What is it that we gather to carry with us? What ...

Toyin Loye was born in 1959 into a traditional royal house in Ijebu Jesa, Nigeria. He studied Fine Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. He now lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
He has been in the recent time experimenting with different materials and media while developing new ways of working. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries in Nigeria, Indonesia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, UK, Senegal, South Korea, Japan, US, Australia and Argentina. He has as well showed in Biennale and Triennale in Dakar and Osaka.

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