I'm really interested in independent publishers and memes and mini comics. But even before that, I was interested in Japanese manga and… — Toyin Odutola Anime Copy Share Image
For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends… — Toyin Odutola About Copy Share Image
The social media bit is really about documenting process. I like the dialogue if it's constructive, but I'm now at a crossroads.… — Toyin Odutola About Copy Share Image
I needed to create something I could take with me wherever I went. — Toyin Odutola Could Copy Share Image
I dont think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I… — Toyin Odutola Drawing Copy Share Image
I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was… — Toyin Odutola Image Copy Share Image
Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your… — Toyin Odutola About Copy Share Image
For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends… — Toyin Odutola Art Copy Share Image
Where some may see flat, static narratives, I see a spectrum of tonal gradations and realities. What I am creating is literally… — Toyin Odutola Ballpoint pens Copy Share Image
It's kind of a language I've developed over time that's basically breaking up the face into components and planes. Inside each plane,… — Toyin Odutola Basically Copy Share Image
Kerry James Marshall especially was a huge influence on me in graduate school, as were Wangechi Mutu and Julie Mehretu. These artists… — Toyin Odutola Art Copy Share Image
I moved around a lot when I was a child; two of the houses I grew up in have totally disappeared. One… — Toyin Odutola Around Copy Share Image
I don't think about race before I start drawing. I think about how to make that mark to fit whatever purpose I… — Toyin Odutola About Copy Share Image
I started blogging because I didn't know if I wanted to be an artist. I wanted to talk to other people online… — Toyin Odutola Art Copy Share Image
The graphic style itself is influenced by a lot of very layered and detailed comics that I read as a kid, like… — Toyin Odutola Comics Copy Share Image
My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what… — Toyin Odutola African Copy Share Image
When I was in school, I conceptually didn't want black people to have context, to take it out of all that history.… — Toyin Odutola Anywhere Copy Share Image
I've always felt the portrait is an occasion for marks to happen. I've never viewed the portrait as about the sitter. Even… — Toyin Odutola Artist Copy Share Image
It is hard to produce work in New York. You kind of have to center yourself - do some Zen meditation exercises… — Toyin Odutola Exercise Copy Share Image
Hank Willis Thomas is great. He's the one who "discovered" my work and saw something that I didn't see. He's still constantly… — Toyin Odutola Accepting Copy Share Image
