About
Pelumi Odubanjo is a curator, writer, and researcher based between London and Glasgow. Pelumi works with artists, photographic materials and archives, and cultural artefacts to create and explore dialogues across global Black diasporas and geographies. Pelumi is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow and a recipient of the James McCune Smith Scholarship where she is researching the historical and contemporary relationship between Brazil and Nigeria through the production of vernacular images.Pelumi is a Curator of the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art in Scotland and is the ICF’s (The International Curator’s Forum) Ten.8 Research & Curatorial Fellow. She previously held positions at institutions including Tramway, Glasgow and Serpentine Galleries, London, and V.O Curations, London. Pelumi has curated for festivals and institutions including Photo50 at the London Art Fair, Photo Oxford, Tate Exchange at Tate Modern, Brighton Photo Fringe, and the Black Cultural Archives, amongst others. Her writing on contemporary photography, art, and culture has appeared in The British Journal of Photography, FOAM Magazine, Magnum Photos, New Contemporaries, Artillery Magazine, and Photoworks, amongst others. She has also been a panel selector for Photography Festivals and Organisations including Photo|Frome (2023) and Source Photography (2022).