CV
EDUCATION
2022 – 2023
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012 - 2017
B.Sc Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
UPCOMING EXHIBITION(S)
I Belong Here, solo exhibition, Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery, Berlin.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art Singapore, Retro Africa Gallery, Singapore
2023
Fragments of Reality, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
2022
A Different Perspective, Retro Africa Gallery, Abuja, Nigeria
2021
Journey Mercies, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
UBUNTU, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2019
CONTEMPOREALISM, BrickLane Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS
2024
NEW NOW: Part 2, Guts Gallery, London, UK
2023
Portrait of a Top Boy, Embankment galleries, Somerset House, London, UK
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London, UK
Lucid Borders, Art Exchange, University of Essex, London, UK
We Are Enough, 193 Gallery, Paris, France
2022
Scope Miami, Miami beach, USA, curated by Roger Niyigena Karera
Across the Pond, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Unity, Volery Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Freedom Protesters, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2021
Real Life Is Fragile, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Collection, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK
POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawaii To The World, Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA
1-54 African Art Fair, New York, presented by Retro Africa Gallery
2020
Prizm International Art Fair, Miami, presented by Retro Africa Gallery
The Cookout: Kinfolk and Other Intimacies, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA), New York, USA
1-54 African Art Fair, New York, presented by Retro Africa Gallery
Art of Diversity, Yinka Sonibare CBE (RA) studio, London, UK
2019
Moniker International Art Fair, London, presented by Premier Art Solution
ArtX Lagos, presented by Artyrama Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
LAX-LHR, Chelsea Sorting Office, London, presented by Thinkspace Project
LAX-MSY, RedTruck Gallery, Louisiana, presented by Thinkspace Project
LAX-SFO, Heron Arts, California, presented by Thinkspace Project
In The Making, Retro Africa Gallery, Abuja, Nigeria
2018
ArtX Lagos, presented by Artyrama Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
Afriuture Exhibition, Ramati Art Africa & the Commonwealth Africa Summit. Ontario Investment and Trade centre, Toronto, Canada
Moniker International Art Fair, NYC, presented by Creative Debuts, London, UK
Generation Y, Retro Africa Gallery, Abuja, Nigeria
Empowerment, Creative Debuts, London, UK
2017
Artyrama Art Exhibition, Artyrama Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
It’s Not Furniture, Omenka Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
2016
Insanity, Omenka Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
COMMISSIONS, ILLUSTRATIONS, & PROJECTS
2023
Blank Canvas Project, Fashion design for GANT in collaboration with Hypebeast, London, UK
Portrait of a Top Boy, Art commission for Netflix and Intermission film, London, UK
Unboxing Migration, Workshop with Art Exchange, University of Essex, Essex, UK
2022
Swift Ones, Animation with Martell, Paris, France
Promise Boys, Book cover illustration for book authored by Nick Brooks and published by Macmillan, New York, US
2021
Raising For Myanmar, Poster for Migrate Art, London, UK
Art on Wheels, Vehicle wrap for Flight Logistics, London, UK
W1 Curates X Ken Nwadiogbu, Public digital display for W1 Curates, London,UK
AWARDS
2019
The Future Awards Africa Prize for Art (Visual/Applied)
Bridgeman Studio Award
RESIDENCIES
2021
Artist-in-Residence, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
LECTURES, PANELS, AND PRESENTATIONS
2023
Artful Healing: Panting Workshop with Ken Nwadiogbu, Hospital Rooms, Sainsbury Centre, London, UK (Workshop)
Unboxing Migration: Art Workshop with Ken Nwadiogbu, Art Exchange, University of Essex, London, UK (Workshop)
2020
Artists as Drivers of Social Change, Kunle Adewale Day, Lagos, Nigeria (Speaker)
Basics of Contemporealism: How to Win with Art, Mbari Uno Workshops & Artland Contemporary Limited (Speaker)