(1994 - )
Born in Dagenham, London, Joy Labinjo lives and works in London. She received a MFA at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford in 2022 and prior to that a BA in Fine Art from the University of Newcastle (2017), during which time she also studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held most recently at Chapter, Cardiff (2022); Hospital Rooms, London; The Breeder Gallery, Athens, Greece (both 2020) and the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2019). Key public commissions have included work for the Becontree Estate Centenary in London and for Brixton Underground Station. Group exhibitions including her work have been held most recently at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (2022); the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco; Mirror, Plymouth (both 2021); Cafe Gallery Projects, London; and Bonington Gallery, Nottingham (both 2018). In 2017, Labinjo received the Woon Art Prize, jointly awarded and presented by Northumbria University and BALTIC. Her work has been collected by institutions including the Musée d’Art Contemporain Africain Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakesh; and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota.
