Péjú Oshin

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Péjú Oshin
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NationalityBritish–Nigerian
EducationUniversity of Kent (Architecture)
Alma materLondon Metropolitan University (Interior Design and Technology)
OccupationCurator, Writer, Educator
EmployerGagosian Gallery
Known forArt subjects such as diasporic narratives and liminal theory
AwardsAssociate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Websitepejuoshin.com

Péjú Oshin is a British–Nigerian curator, writer, and educator best known for her work on art subjects such as diasporic narratives and liminal theory.[1][2]Based in London, she serves as Associate Director at Gagosian Gallery.[3][4]Péjú is also an author, with her notable work being Between Words & Space (2021), a collection of essays exploring the intersection of art, culture, and diaspora.[5][6]

In 2021, she was shortlisted for Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in Arts & Culture.[7]

Education

Oshin studied architecture at the University of Kent and eventually went on to graduate from London Metropolitan University with a bachelor’s degree in interior design and technology.[8][9]

In 2019, she completed her Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication at the University of the Arts London and became an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).[10][1]

Career

In 2018, Oshin was appointed assistant curator at Tate.[11] In 2019, she was appointed as Curator of Young People’s Programmes at Tate Gallery.[1][12][5][13]

Later in 2019, she served as a judge for the Cultural residency at the Institute of Imagination.[14]

In 2020, she served as a visiting Critic at the Royal College of Art for the School of Painting.[5]

In 2021, she was shortlisted for Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in Arts & Culture and was selected as one of fifteen members of AWITA (Art Women in the Arts).[8][13][15] In October of the same year, Oshin served on the selection committee for The Other Art Fair London.[16][14] In 2021, Oshin also curated the art project Beyond Boundaries, which was a collaboration between Tate Collective and Better Bankside.[17][18]

In 2022, Oshin joined the Gagosian Gallery in London as Associate Director following her tenure at Tate.[10][19] In her new role, she showcased artists of color and those from the global majority.[12][1]

Oshin served on the selection panel of the 25th ING Discerning Eye exhibition in London in 2023.[16]

Oshin curated her first major exhibition at Gagosian titled Rites of Passage, which featured work by nineteen artists based on the subject of shared migration histories.[20][21][22] The exhibition structured itself around the three phases of liminality: separation, transition, return and grouped works under themes of tradition, spirituality, and place.[23][22][5]

Oshin served as a guest judge for Jackson’s Artwork Prize in 2025.[24][25][26] In the same year, she was honored with the NIDA Curator of the Year Award.

Oshin currently holds the positions of Chair of Trustees at Peckham Platform and Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins-University of the Arts .[13][27][28] Oshin also served on a panel of professionals in the Black visual arts community for a panel talk at the Prizm Art Fair.[29]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ajumobi, Kemi (2022-09-23). "Peju Oshin - Associate Director at the Gagosian Gallery". Businessday NG. Archived from the original on 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  2. ↑ "Liminal spaces and cultural curations - hube magazine". 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  3. ↑ Adeleye, Kunle (2022-09-25). "All You Need To Know About Peju Oshin And Three Other Women Pushing Nigerian art". GLAMSQUAD MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  4. ↑ "FT Weekend Festival 2024: Jayden Ali and Péjú Oshin | Events | News". Gagosian. 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Westall, Mark (2023-03-03). "Rites of Passage, curated by Péjú Oshin, to open at Gagosian Britannia Street". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Studio LIVE". Studio Museum in Harlem. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  7. ↑ "Oshin Péjú - iniva". Institute of International Visual Arts. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kan, Toni (2022-09-24). "Meet Peju Oshin and three other women pushing Nigerian art – Toni Kan". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  9. ↑ Mirilla, Dennis Da-ala (2024-10-26). "Made in Nigeria: How Péjú Oshin Became Associate Director at the Gagosian". Zikoko!. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Mondrian poised to break auction record at Sotheby's". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  11. ↑ Mirilla, Dennis Da-ala (2024-10-26). "Made in Nigeria: How Péjú Oshin Became Associate Director at the Gagosian". Zikoko!. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Okogba, Emmanuel (2022-09-25). "Women in the vanguard of Nigerian art". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Favour, Fredrick (2023-10-03). "5 African Art Curators You Absolutely Should Know". Art Report Africa. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Bardi, Catherine (2023-04-13). "Péjú Oshin - First Show At Gagosian". Art Network Africa. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  15. ↑ Great, David (2022-09-26). "Meet Peju Oshin and three other women pushing Nigerian art – Toni Kan - Chronicle.ng". Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Warren, Emma (2021-08-02). "London: Announcing October 2021 Selection Committee". Canvas: A Blog By Saatchi Art. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  17. ↑ "New Artworks By Young Creatives Take Over Streets Of London's Bankside". 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  18. ↑ Ilebode, Queen (2021-05-31). "Young emerging artists take over the streets of London with a new artwork project 'Beyond Boundaries' - aimed at 'bringing people together'". I Am New Generation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  19. ↑ "History and Humor Inspire Victor Ehikhamenor's Art (Published 2023)". 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  20. ↑ Kan, Toni (2023-04-29). "Peju Oshin's Gagosian debut transcends liminal spaces – Toni Kan". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  21. ↑ Searle, Adrian (2023-03-21). "Rites of Passage review: stilt-walkers and slave ship ghosts brave the Atlantic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Bardi, Catherine (2023-04-13). "Péjú Oshin - First Show At Gagosian". Art Network Africa. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  23. ↑ Kan, Toni (2023-04-29). "Peju Oshin's Gagosian debut transcends liminal spaces – Toni Kan". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  24. ↑ "Jackson's Art Prize 2025". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  25. ↑ Newspaper, The Art (2023-11-17). "Pop art—sports star Tony Adams and H from Steps become curators". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  26. ↑ "Meet Péjú Oshin, Jackson's Artwork Prize 2025 Visitor Choose". artshow24.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  27. ↑ "Successful Award - Arts Council England's Capital Investment < Peckham Platform". Peckham Platform. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  28. ↑ QEDNG (2022-09-25). "Peju Oshin and three other women pushing Nigerian art". QED.NG. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
  29. ↑ "Halima Taha". Taha Thinks. Retrieved 2025-09-16.

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