Richard Ayodeji Ikhide

Richard Ayodeji Ikhide
Blessing
The Ceramicist
Carry Forth
Olórin okunrin (Musician)
Youths
Patri
Memetic Metadata
Studio
Awon Eda (Creations)
O?ere okunrin (Artist)
Matri
Manifest
Assurance
Whispers
Boju ti ara (Masks of Self)
Vernicle of the Ancients
To Find
Communion

Born 1991 in Lagos, Nigeria. Lives and works in London, UK

Richard Ayodeji Ikhide was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1991 and currently lives and works in London, UK. He is a graduate of the Royal Drawing School.

Ikhide’s work is the subject of a solo exhibition, Tales from Future Past, at CPM Gallery, Baltimore (27 September–15 November 2025). In 2022, he presented Acts of Creation with Victoria Miro Projects. Other notable solo presentations include Emiomo, Candice Madey, New York (2022); Immateria, Galerie Bernhard, Zurich (2022); MythMaking, Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2021); Future Past, V.O Curations, London (2021); and Osmosis, Zabludowicz Collection, London (2019).

In addition, his work has been included in several group exhibitions including Prospect and Refuge, Sim Smith, London (2022); ASSEMBLE, V.O Curations, London (2021); No horizon, no edge to liquid, Zabludowicz Collection, London (2020); For the Many, Not the Few, Guts Gallery, Online; Bloomberg New Contemporaries, South London Gallery, London (2018); and Best of The Drawing Year 2018, Christie’s, London (2017).

His work has been acquired by the Royal Collection Trust.

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Exhibitions

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Richard Ayodeji Ikhide: Acts of Creation
09 November 2022 - 18 January 2023 Richard Ayodeji Ikhide: Acts of Creation miro presents
Richard Ayodeji Ikhide: Incroci del Passato (Crossroads of the Past)
01 November-13 December 2025 Richard Ayodeji Ikhide: Incroci del Passato (Crossroads of the Past) venice

Selected works

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