Ayo Akingbade (b. 1994, UK) is an artist, writer, and director based in London, UK. In her work, Akingbade experiments with a range of media, combining analogue techniques with digital processes. Her work focuses on the daily lives of subjects and psychogeography.
Akingbade completed a BA at the London College of Communication before receiving an MA from the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Selected screenings and exhibitions include Show Me The World Mister, Spike Island, Bristol, and Chisenhale Gallery, London UK (2023); Jitterbug, Museum of the Home, London, UK (2022); A Glittering City: Ayo Akingbade with Duchamp & Sons, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2021); An Infinity of Traces, Lisson Gallery, London, UK (2021); No News Today, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (2019); Building Space, South London Gallery, London, UK (2019); and Urban Rhapsodies, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, US (2017). Her work has been shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, MoMA Doc Fortnight and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen among others.