b. 1974
Osodi lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. An Associated Press photographer and participant in the 2015 Venice Biennale, George Osodi employs the traditions of photojournalism to convey complex narratives.
On a wall of London’s Tate Modern, a large photo from 2012 depicts a seated Nigerian king, wearing a green beaded hat and a lavish robe with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II printed on the front.
Shot by George Osodi, it’s a photograph of a “very old king,” the Nigerian photographer said recently by phone, who was one of the monarchs who welcomed Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Nigeria for the first time in 1956.
Osodi took part in Documenta 12 2007 and has works represented in major international collections including the National Museum of African Art, (Smithsonian Institution); the National Museum of Greece; the Martin Margulies Collection in Miami; the Fitchburg Art Museum; Princeton University Art Museum and the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel in Germany.