CV
EDUCATION
2022
- MA Design for Social Innovation & Sustainable Futures
- University of Arts London, United Kingdom
2019
- BSc in Product Design
- University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Mayfield Girls’ School, Mayfield, Sussex, UK
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
- A wà ńbè: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURE, VENICE BIENNALE, CURATED BY USEN ESIET, EUROPEAN CULTURE CENTRE, VENICE, ITALY
2020
- Orry Shenjobi: “Beauty Within The Struggle”, Angels and Muse, Lagos, NG
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
- Urban Negritude, curated by O’DA Gallery, Lagos, NG
2024
- In the Midst of Chaos, curated by O’DA Gallery, Lagos NG
- Searching for Roots and expression, curated by Coutts & Co, London UK
- Migration & Memory, Christies, co-curated by Jendaya & Kanaiza
- Visions of Home: Lagos to Accra – with – Cornelius Annor, Orry Shenjobi, Olamide Ogunade and Nana Bruce, curated by Omenai Gallery, Chicago IL (Group Exhibition)
- Omenai Gallery, Chicago, USA
2023
- Coming Home: In search of our Second Body, curated by I.AM. ARTIST AGENCY, London UK
- A Woman’s Woman’s Woman’s World, curated by Hausen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- About Damn Time, curated by Sabo Art Advisory, Lagos, NG
2022
- Transitions, curated by The Holy Art, Virtual exhibition
- Exploring the way forward, curated by The Calabar Gallery NY, Artsy
- Hive Open Studios, curated by The Kopple project, London UK
2021
- The Iridescent collection, curated by Made In Arts London, The TM Lighting Gallery,, London UK
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2024
- Personal Structures – Beyond Boundaries, Venice Art Biennial, pp. 200-203 ‘Institutional and Gallery Exhibitions on in Venice during the Biennale’, Elephant Art
- ‘Orry Shenjobi: A wà ńbẹ̀ – A Celebration of Community and Culture,’ Art Plugged,
- ‘A wà ńbẹ̀ and the Importance of Communities: In Conversation with Orry Shenjobi’, Omenai
2023
- For Foreigners Everywhere, Orry Shenjobi storms Venice Biennale, The Guardian Nigeria Online Edition
2022
- A Story Behind a Photograph by Orry Shenjobi, The Photographers’ Gallery.
- DPUK receives funding to run four art workshops to improve diversity in dementia research, Dementias Platform UK.
FACILITATION
2024
- Venice Biennale Workshop, European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy
- Omenai Gallery Workshop, Omenai Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Mayfield Girls’ School Workshop & Talk, Mayfield, Sussex, UK
- Airtable Workshop, London, UK
2022–2023
- Dementia Platform UK Research Programme, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Art workshops aimed at improving diversity in dementia research.
ART FAIRS
2022
- Affordable Art Fair, Made In Arts London, London, UK
- Venice International Art Fair, ITSLIQUID Group, Venice, Italy
- The Other Art Fair, London, UK
PROJECTS
2024
- Installation: Black History Month Foyer Art Installation, Brookfield Properties, London, UK