Ade Omotosho (BA in Art History, 2017) has joined Burnaway’s editorial team as their editor-at-large in Miami, Florida. Omotosho will contribute to Burnaway through regular contributions in coverage of Miami art and artists. This move is a part of an initiative by the arts criticism site to shed light on one of the most politically divided, ecologically endangered, and economically challenged areas of the United States. According to Burnaway, “issues facing Southern artists, institutions, curators, and writers often represent the country’s most dire social and cultural challenges.” Omotosho will continue to write on about these challenged areas through fresh perspectives and in the end provide an answer as to “What is the South?”
Ade Omotosho graduated from The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Art and Art History in 2017, where he received his bachelor's degree in Art History with honors. He is the recipient of the Fulbright-Hays Grant for intensive Yoruba language study. He has also previously served as a Fellow at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in the department of photography. In 2017, Omotosho was also selected as one of the senior undergraduate students in Art History to present at the annual Undergraduate Art History Research Symposium. And most recently, Omotosho was named the Pérez Art Museum Miami's (PAMM) inaugural Ford Foundation Curatorial Fellow.
Here is a sampling of some of his recent contributions on Burnaway:
Miami Dérive: Walking with Adler Guerrier