Nigerian artist, Toyin Odutola sells artwork for N215million

An America-based female Nigerian craftsman's Toyin Odutola has turned into the third most generously compensated Nigerian craftsman ever after her illustration 'Compound Leaf' sold at the Sotheby's for £471,000 which is generally N215m.

This record-breaking deal puts Odutola behind individual female craftsman, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, and the unbelievable Ben Enwonwu. In the wake of moving from Nigeria to America at five years old, Ojih Odutola wound up mindful of her darkness and started scrutinizing her personality.

In the wake of moving from Nigeria to America at five years old, Odutola wound up mindful of her 'obscurity' and scrutinized her personality.

Because of the stun of this progress, she utilized workmanship as a way of dealing with stress, and after some time, it changed into an "insightful, learning action" for her.

Talking with Vogue about how craftsmanship helped her break, Odutola stated, "I was fixated. Catching all that I saw and being intrigued with the extraordinarily basic undertaking of taking a gander at something and transmitting it onto paper. It's prompt enchantment."

Odutola makes interactive media illustrations on different surfaces researching conventional portrayals and how such pictures can be temperamental, fundamental, and socially-coded.

She has taken an interest in shows at different establishments, including The Drawing Center, New York (2018—19); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017—18); Brooklyn Museum, New York (2016).

She has additionally shown at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2015); Studio Museum Harlem, New York (2015, 2012); Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield (2013); and Menil Collection, Houston, (2012).

Her changeless accumulations incorporate Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art and New Orleans Museum of Art.

Odutola's accumulations have additionally been shown in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Spencer Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, and the National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian)