Ruby Okoro

Exhibitions

Various Artists

On the Flip Side

Ends April 5

Programs

Public Art Fund Talks

free

Wednesday, February 18

6:30-7:30pm

Public Art Fund Talks: On the Flip Side

Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
40 Cooper Square, New York, NY

This public talk explores On the Flip Side, a citywide exhibition that transforms JCDecaux bus shelters across New York City, Chicago, and Boston into sites for intimate photographic encounters.

Biography

Ruby Okoro is a self-taught Nigerian artist who expresses his thoughts and subconscious through conceptual and vibrant photographic images. Exploring themes of self-expression, identity, the human journey, and personal relationships, he views photography as a tool for storytelling. Okoro has captured images of the biggest music celebrities from the African continent, who are now known worldwide, including Asake, Ayra Starr, Wizkid, Adekunle Gold, and many others. Okoro’s work has been exhibited at Fotografiska Shanghai; PhotoVogue Festival; and Galerie Gomis, Paris, France among others. His work is featured in the 2022 publication In the Black Fantastic by Ekow Eshun.

(as of 2026)