ARTIST BIO
Born in Scotland of British / Nigerian heritage, currently based between NE Scotland and the West Midlands, I draw on a lifetime of moving - across landscapes, communities, and emotional terrains. My sensuous, nomadic practice spans painting, sculpture, craft and installation.
I create tactile, rhythmic artworks that evoke energetic memory and emotional resonance, frequently incorporating found /gifted / re-used materials. These unfold across multiple viewpoints, and rather than offering resolution, they propose rhythm, resonance, and orientation - openings for connection and contemplation.
In 2012 I began long steady walking / slow running across a variety of terrains from countryside to mountains and coastlines, being outdoors for many hours. This durational activity continues
to underpin my art practice. I also write and perform poetry, photograph and document.
I am a prolific maker with an MA Fine Art from Birmingham City University 2016. I exhibit regularly across the UK, winning the Chameleon Arts Prize in 2019, leading to my first large solo exhibition in 2020 at Surface Gallery Nottingham, across both floors of the gallery (paintings, installations, poetry and a film), each floor approx. 16x7m exhibition space.
My art can be found in private and corporate collections in the UK and internationally. I am a Trustee and Ambassador for the UK charity – Outside In.
AWARDS
2025 a-n The Artists Information Company / Freelands Foundation Bursary personal development
2019 The Chameleon Arts Prize Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2018 UK Artists Annual Exhibition 1st, Prize
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 2) Surface Gallery (both floors), Nottingham
Small Group (up to 8 artists)
2024 THE GRANGE FESTIVAL The Grange Festival/Outside In partnership
exhibition (6 artists), The Grange, Hampshire
2022 HOWDEN GROUP Howden Group/Outside In partnership (4 artists), One Creechurch Place, London; (painting purchased Howden Family Collection)
2022 ENCOUNTERS (3 artists) Floor One Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2021 MULTIPLICITY OF US (7Afro-descendant artists) Arcadia, Coventry
Large Group (9+ artists)
2026 FUTURE FOLKLORE: THE ART AND CRAFT OF STORYTELLING (Visual
Arts Scotland) Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr
2025 WINTER GROUP SHOW, Linden Hall Studio, Deal / ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London / UNDOINGS: Exploring Contemporary Making and Unmaking, Sussex Contemporary
at BN9, East Sussex / PAINTING Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2024 COLOUR Open Gallery, Halifax / LEAMINGTON OPEN Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington Spa / C.A.S.E. The Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
2023 RUGBY OPEN EXHIBITION Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby; (also 2017 to 2022, 2015) / ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London
2022 PROGRESSION D Contemporary, London
2021 OPEN 21: Queen Street Gallery, Neath, Wales
2019 CHAMELEON: CONTEMPORARY COLOUR Surface Gallery, Nottingham; Chameleon Art Prize winner / IATC G&C Gallery, Tunbridge Wells; (3 paintings purchased for a corporate collection) / LIGHT HOUSE OPEN EXHIBITION Light House Gallery & Media Centre, Wolverhampton / FERENS OPEN EXHIBITION Ferens Gallery, Hull (also 2017)
2018 our eARTh Kunsthuis Gallery, N. Yorks
PERFORMANCE / PROJECTS / PUBLICATIONS
2025 RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL reading & film, Alexandra Arts Centre, Rugby
2024 RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL performance, Alexandra Arts Centre, Rugby / APE performance, RMBL, Birmingham
2023 GRASRUTSZINE #3: THE YELLOW ONE (publication)
2021 BLACK ARTISTS’ PROJECT (Outside In) 8 West Midlands based global majority artists taking part in 4 x “Zoom Cafes”)
2019 WHEN WOMEN SPEAK: THE TOUR performance, The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury