Raymond J. Yusuff is a filmmaker and photographer based in Kaduna, Nigeria. In 2015, he founded “The Critics” - an artist group of five members with whom he has made over 40 short films since 2015. His work with video art and still photography employs the use of surrealist and realist elements to engage a wide range of subject matters about human experiences. His work covers both extended and short-form media with premieres and features at New York’s Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Athens Biennale, and Venice Biennale. In 2023, he directed one short film produced by The Critics in a featured exhibition at the Museum for Modern Art, Frankfurt, entitled One Can Only Hope and Wonder.
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Raymond J. Yusuff is a Nigerian filmmaker and photographer based in Kaduna who founded The Critics artist collective.
He is known for directing experimental short films such as One Can Only Hope and Wonder and Who Are We Against Fate.
He creates short-form media and video art blending realist and surrealist elements, with exhibitions at international museums and biennials.
He is associated with The Critics, a Kaduna-based group of filmmakers and artists.
