CV

Education

2017 – 2018       SOAS, University of London   

MA in African Studies (Distinction) // Thesis: The Impact of Aina Onabolu on the Contemporary Lagos Art Scene       

2011 – 2015       Durham University          

BA Combined Honours in Arts – French & Philosophy (Upper 2nd Class Honours) – Electives in History of Art

Fellowships & Residencies

2023 
Hangar Residency, Lisbon
G.A.S. Foundation Fellow

2022 
Film London (FLAMIN) Fellow (till 2023)      

Solo Performances, Screenings & Exhibitions

2024         
Danse Macabre, Untitled, Lagos
Danse Macabre, Borna Soglo Gallery, Cotonou

2023         
Why hast thou Forsaken Me?, Performance & Installation, G.A.S. Foundation, Lagos
Ìrántí (Memory), Public Performance, Lisbon

2021         
Finding Etherea, Performance & Installation, Tea Building Studio London
Dear Black Child Premiere, Vue, Leicester Square, London
Dear Black Child, hFACTOR, ART X Lagos Satellite

Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances & Festivals History

2024
Our Lives Imagined, Galerie Ourrouss, Dakar (OFF Biennale)

2023        
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt
Lagos Photo Festival, Fondation Zinsou, Ouidah
Pave Your Path, Videotage, Hong Kong
Constellation, Sala Simba Gallery, Olhão
Weekend of Dance, Alliance Francaise, Lagos
Burning Things, g39, Cardiff
Burning Things, RCA, London                
Magmart Festival, CAM Museum, Napoli
Internationale Kurzfilmtage, Winterthur

2022        
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York
Time Tells All, Borna Soglo Gallery, Cotonou    
Carnival Wind Down, An Evening of Black Consciousness, Brixton Studio, London   
En Plein Air, Grand Bassam
Lagos Pride Film Festival
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, Cannes (Winner, Best Score)
Kalakari Film Festival, Kolkata

2021        
Royal Albert Hall, London
S16 Festival, Lagos

Guest Contributor Roles

2022 – 2023
Artistic Advisory Board, Culturescapes Biennale, Basel      

2022 
Guest Curator, ART X Lagos                 

2022 – present   
Contributing Critic (Artnet News, Contemporary &)

Critique

L’Art du Bénin Review : LINK

Dakar Biennale 2022 Review : LINK

Ranti Bam Solo Exhibition Review : LINK

Globalisto Review : LINK

Bamako Biennale 2022 Review : LINK
Lagos Biennial 2024 Review : LINK