Joy Labinjo Author

Joy Labinjo was born in Essex, UK, in 1994. She completed her BA at Newcastle University in 2017 and her MFA at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford in 2022. She lives and works in London, where she is represented by Tiwani Contemporary. Dr Christine Checinska is the inaugural Senior Curator of African and Diaspora Textiles and Fashion at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and Lead Curator of the international touring exhibition Africa Fashion (2022). She was co-curator of Between Two Worlds, V&A (2023) and Maker’s Eye: Stories of Craft, Crafts Council Gallery, London (2021). Dr Jareh Das is an independent curator, writer and researcher who lives and works between West Africa and the UK. Das’s academic and curatorial practice is informed by an interest in global modern and contemporary art, focusing on performance art. Adelaide Bannerman is a UK-based curator. She joined Tiwani Contemporary in 2019 and is Curatorial Director, facilitating the research and development of the exhibition programmes at both London and Lagos venues.