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CV
Education:
•The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama [Masters]
•London Guildhall [LLB Law]
Museum/Institutional Solo Exhibitions:
• “In Praise of Beauty” [Arnolfini Arts, Bristol]-29 June - 29 Sep 2024/ [New
Art Exchange, Nottingham] 17 Feb - 4 May 2024.
• “Bitter Nostalgia” [SAATCHI GALLERY, London with Hyangmok Baik] 1 Dec - 25 Jan
2022
• “In Pursuit Of Flow” [UH ARTS, Hertfordshire] 2021
Solo Exhibitions:
•To Speak Out Loud, Galerie Kremers, Berlin, Germany (2023)
•The Power & The Pause, BEERS London, London (2021);
•Between Two Worlds, Galerie Kremers, Berlin (2020);
•Topia: A Reinvention of the Self, Serena Morton Gallery, London (2019);
•Babel, Galerie Proarta, Zurich (2019)
•Rituals of Colour, Public Gallery, London (2018).
Group Exhibitions:
•XIPPI, Heritage, and Metamorphosis: Voices in West African Art, August Wilson
African American Cultural Centre, Pittsburgh, USA (2024);
•Labryrinths, Galerie Kremers, Berlin, Germany (2023);
•Hues, Hannah Traore Gallery, New York (2022);
•Optimistic: The Power of Now, Serena Morton Gallery, London (2018);
•New Contemporary V Old, Galerie Proarta, Zurich (2017)
•Bolaji & Oyelami (A Dialogue Show), TAFETA, London (2017).
Public Installations/Sculptures:
•“The People’s Throne” Central Plaza Park, Acton Gardens-[installed October
2023]/ permanent public sculpture
Fairs:
•1:54, New York (2023);
•Untitled Miami, BEERS London (2021);
•Future Fairs Online, BEERS London (2020)
•Expo Chicago, BEERS London (2020)
•Art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Proarta (2020).
Artist Residencies:
•Yinka Shonibare MBE Guest Projects, London
•PRAH Foundation, Margate
•Galerie Proata, Zurich
•Chateau Des Alpilles, Saint Remy Provence -[inaugural residency 2024]
Awards:
•Current finalist nomination for Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025
Collections:
•Hogan Lovells
•Soho House
Notable Speaking Engagements:
•Mall Galleries, London
•Penn State University [visiting lecturer]
Directing:
•Park Theatre, London 2018 [Ex Nihilo Theatre Group]