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 2^nd Class Honours) – Electives in History of Art

Awards, Fellowships & Residencies

2025
Winner, Aesthetica Art Prize

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

2022 
Film London (FLAMIN) Fellow (till 2023) 
Winner – Best Score, Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, Cannes    

Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances & Festivals History

2026
Here: Pride & Belonging in African Art, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, Washington DC
Cinedans, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

2025
Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery
From the Ground Up, Galleri Image, Aarhus
Héritage… Mémoires en Mouvement, Galerie Zato, Cotonou  
Durban International Film Festival

2024
All the Lives Imagined, Galerie Ourrouss, Dakar (OFF Biennale)
Danse Macabre, Untitled, Lagos
Danse Macabre, Borna Soglo Gallery, Cotonou

2023        
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt
Lagos Photo Festival, Fondation Zinsou, Ouidah
Pave Your Path, Videotage, Hong Kong
Ìrántí (Memory), Public Performance, Lisbon
Constellation, Sala Simba Gallery, Olhão
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    

2021        
Performance, Royal Albert Hall, London
S16 Film Festival, Lagos
Dear Black Child Premiere, Vue, Leicester Square, London

Guest Contributor Roles

2022 – 2023
Artistic Advisory Board, Culturescapes Biennale, Basel      

2022 
Guest Curator, ART X Lagos                 

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

Press & Publications

Smithsonian Books – The Here Project: Pride & Belonging in African Art 
AFRIKADAA – Politics of Sound #2
Aesthetica Magazine – Aesthetica Art Prize Winner – LINK
Durban Filmmart – When the body becomes scripture – LINK
Bubblegum Club – On the importance of Black healing – LINK

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