Nengi Omuku

Nengi Omuku
Nengi Omuku
Ọjọ́ìbí	Nengi Omuku; Born 1987; Delta State, Nigeria
Orílẹ̀-èdè	Nigerian
Iléẹ̀kọ́ gíga	Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
Iṣẹ́	Artist, photographer
Gbajúmọ̀ fún	Artist, sculpture
Awards	British Council CHOGM art award
Website	nengiomuku.com

Nengi Omuku (tí wọ́n bí ní ọdún 1987) jẹ́ ayàwòrán, agbẹ́gilére àti oníṣẹ́-ọnà ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Naijiria.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀pẹ̀pẹ̀ àti ètò ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀

Wọ́n bí i ní ìlú Asaba, Ìpínlẹ̀ Delta ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà. Omuku kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ gboyè B.A. àti M.A, ní Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Àwọn iṣẹ́ rẹ̀

I can't feel my legs, March 2012, oil on canvas, 220 x 160 cm.
Botticelli, April 2012, oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm.
Corkscrew October 2014.^[7]
Room with a view, 2020, oil on sanyan 130 x 190 cm^[8]
What was lost, 2020, oil on sanyan 208 x 243 cm^[9]

Àwọn àmì-ẹ̀yẹ

Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ iṣé Nengi Omuku ti mu kí ó gba ẹ̀bùn ẹ̀kọ́ ọ̀fẹ́ àti àmì-ẹ̀yẹ lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀ títí kan àmì-ẹ̀yẹ British Council CHOGM, láti ọwọ́ Queen Elizabeth II kejì ^[10]^[11]^[12]

2012 Prankerd Jones Memorial Prize Awarded by University College London
2011 Nancy Balfour MA Scholarship Awarded by University College London
2003 Winner- British Council CHOGM art competition Awarded by Queen Elisabeth II

Àwọn ìṣàfihàn rẹ̀

Àdáṣe

Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin (2021)
Gathering, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020)
Stages of Collapse, September Gray, Atlanta (2017)
A State of Mind, The Armory Show, New York (2016)
A State of Mind, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (2015)
To Figure an Encounter, Open The Gate, London (2011).

Àjọṣe

La Galerie, Contemporary art Center, Noisy-le-Sec (2021)
All the Days and Nights, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020)
Untitled Art San Francisco, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, San Francisco (2020)
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London (2019), Hospital Rooms, Griffin Gallery, London (2018)
At work, Arthouse, Lagos (2018); ARTX,Lagos (2017)
Commotion, 1:54, London (2017); Mapping Histories, Constructing Realities, ART15, London (2015)
The Next 50 Years, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (2014)
Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition, Jerwood Gallery, London (2012).
Deep Cuts Last Measures, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London (2011)
Surplus to Requirements, Slade Research Center, London (2011)
The Future of Contemporary Art, Lloyd Gill Gallery, Bristol (2010)
Group Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (2010)
Group Exhibition, Camden Art Gallery, London (2009)

Àwọn ìtọ́kasí

↑ "Nengi Omuku". Creatives Database (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2019-05-01. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ Onuzo, Chibundu (17 June 2021). "'If you are of the camp that wants to keep the art world an exclusive club, then look away now'" (in en-US). The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809124755/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/opening-up-to-new-audiences.
↑ "Artwork exhibition in London captures trauma of Nigerian youths". Vanguard News (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ Uzoho, Victor Ifeanyi (24 January 2018). "Six artists for Arthouse' s At Work 2018 exhibition". guardian.ng (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). The Guardian Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
↑ "Nengi Omuku – Biography". SMO Contemporary Art (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ Mitter, Siddhartha (2019-02-08). "Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art 'Ecosystem'" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/arts/design/lagos-nigeria-art-x-art.html.
↑ "NENGI OMUKU". Contemporary And (in Èdè Jámánì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ Walton, Millie (2020-12-04). "Painting the Collective: An Interview with Nengi Omuku". Trebuchet (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ "Nengi Omuku – Works". Kristin Hjellegjerde (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ "Nengi Omuku – Overview". Kristin Hjellegjerde (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ "Nengi Omuku – September Gray" (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
↑ "Nengi Omuku". www.artskop.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[1] "Nengi Omuku". Creatives Database (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2019-05-01. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[2] Onuzo, Chibundu (17 June 2021). "'If you are of the camp that wants to keep the art world an exclusive club, then look away now'" (in en-US). The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809124755/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/opening-up-to-new-audiences.

[3] "Artwork exhibition in London captures trauma of Nigerian youths". Vanguard News (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[4] Uzoho, Victor Ifeanyi (24 January 2018). "Six artists for Arthouse' s At Work 2018 exhibition". guardian.ng (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). The Guardian Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-02-17.

[5] "Nengi Omuku – Biography". SMO Contemporary Art (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[6] Mitter, Siddhartha (2019-02-08). "Lagos, City of Hustle, Builds an Art 'Ecosystem'" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/arts/design/lagos-nigeria-art-x-art.html.

[7] "NENGI OMUKU". Contemporary And (in Èdè Jámánì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[8] Walton, Millie (2020-12-04). "Painting the Collective: An Interview with Nengi Omuku". Trebuchet (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[9] "Nengi Omuku – Works". Kristin Hjellegjerde (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[10] "Nengi Omuku – Overview". Kristin Hjellegjerde (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[11] "Nengi Omuku – September Gray" (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[12] "Nengi Omuku". www.artskop.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

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