ID: A headshot of Fabiyino standing in front of a yellow background and looking to the right side of the frame. She is a light-skin Black woman with dark hair in a short afro wearing light yellow glasses, silver hoop earrings and a yellow sleeveless top. She also has tattoos on the top of her left arm.

Image credit: Aaliyah Fawkes

ID: A candid photo of Fabiyino looking to the right side of the frame. She is wearing light yellow glasses, silver hoop earrings, and a yellow sleeveless top.

Image credit: Michelle Rwabutara

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Fabiyino Germain-Bajowa

Eyelevel Writer in Residence

1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025
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Eyelevel welcomes Fabiyino Germain-Bajowa as our Writer In Residence!

We are thrilled to announce that Fabiyino Germain-Bajowa will be our next Writer In Residence. During her residency, Fabiyino will be working on three critical art writing works under the mentorship of the amazing Francesca Ekwuyasi - her completed writing will be published in Eyelevel's forthcoming annual publication and on Visual Arts News' online magazine. Fabiyino will be with Eyelevel from October 2024 to March 2025. 

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About Fabiyino Germain-Bajowa:

Fabiyino Germain-Bajowa (she/her) is a Nigerian-Canadian writer, curator, and interdisciplinary artist based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Engaging Afro-diasporic archives of thought and memory inherited through oral history, food traditions, and acts of care, she seeks to engage with Black lived experiences across mediums, building networks of knowledge within her community-based practice. She earned her BFA in Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University and has curated programs such as Tell the Body for Vtape (Toronto), The Suppa Club in collaboration with Temple Marucci-Campbell (Toronto), and a language of bodies for Vector Festival (Toronto).
 

1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025