Artist Biography
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji is a Nigerian neo-traditional artist born in Benin City. Growing up in a society fueled by the dualities of excesses and repression, where art was yet to be accepted as a “decent” profession, Ifeoma decided to take-up art as a full-time career exploring her boundaries, as a female artist beyond the conventions of her initial academic training in painting. She later went on to pursue her earlier interest in sculpture and engaging further her passion for non-conventional art making and repurposing discarded objects, an interest stimulated by the constant environmental problems she encountered around her community particularly from non-biodegradable plastic bags and bottles which were in abundance. While experimenting with these environmental pollutants, engaging possible processes of object remaking and reuse especially with non-conventional art making techniques and traditional craft processes, Anyaeji developed a style of art she calls “Plasto-Art”. This is an eco-aesthetic process of remaking, where she transforms her primary medium - used non-biodegradable plastic bags and bottles - by applying her crafting skills in a receding traditional Nigerian hair plaiting technique called Threading, combined with traditional basketry and fabric weaving techniques. Using this technique, with an experimental approach to object-making that most often excludes anticipated conventions, Ifeoma creates very conceptually complex and organic sculptures and installations, with intricate textures and colours, that reference architectural forms, domestic spaces and furnishings, reiterations of cultural experiences, and discourses about the human body. And by spontaneously engaging the "old", she questions the implications of modernity's: consumptive systems of mass accumulation and waste generation, definitions of cultural assimilation and attitude to value, the expiration-date syndrome, and colonial orientations on beauty, authenticity, and newness.
By imbuing mundane materials, marks and processes with surprising significance and intricate design, her work is transformed into extraordinary visual poetry with textures of vibrations and pulsations that allow the viewer a freedom of imagination, interpretation and emotional response. Her use of obsessive repetition shows affinities with the concerns of African traditional textile weaving and hair braiding techniques, and seeks to resurrect gender-categorized craft and decorative art as viable means of artistic expression, as well as political and subversive potential. She inventively combines her materials to form bold compositions that demonstrate persistent experimentation and mastery of technique that go beyond accepted boundaries of the medium, while weaving together personal and collective experiences that celebrates openness to the world and to diversity. Allusions and metaphors abound as she weaves together personal and collective memories with reflections on universal experiences that celebrates openness to the world and to diversity. Anyaeji holds an MFA degree in sculpture from Washington University in St Louis, US; a B.A in painting from the University of Benin, Nigeria and is currently an Interdisciplinary PhD candidate. She has participated in several exhibitions in Africa, Europe and the USA, including the ongoing exhibitions: “Les Éclaireurs – sculpteurs” d’Afrique Palais des Papes, Avignon, France; "Home: Contemporary African Artists Consider Place and Identity in Our Connected World" The Miller Gallery, Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio. Upcoming exhibitions include traveling exhibition "Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials". February-June 2018 at the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, USA and will travel through January 2020 to Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA and the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. Collections include Fondation Jean-Pierre Blachere, Apt, France, US Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria, Art in Embassies Program, US State Department, Washington DC.
EDUCATION
PhD in Humanities (Studio Arts) Candidate
Concordia University
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
MFA (2012)
Department of Fine and Applied Arts
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
B. A. Painting, First Class Hons. (2005)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS and PUBLIC DISPLAY
2023
Ijem nke Mmanwu m (The journey of my masquerade), Tramway, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2019
Ezu hu ezu – In(complete), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom
2017
Courtyard Project - Swirl Bin, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2016
A no m'eba… (I am here…, Presence, Absence), Galerie d'Art LSB, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2015
Owu, Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
2013
Transmogrification, Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Plasto-yarnings: a conversation with plastic bags and bottles, Alliance Française, Nairobi, Kenya
2012
Reclamation, The Craft Studio Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Now I’m born this way will you still see me as…, Lewis Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
2011
Okilikili, Lewis Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
The Things We Leave Behind, Lewis Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
2005
B.A. (Painting) Thesis Exhibition, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Threads: Breathing Stories into Materials, Arnolfini Arts (International Center for Contemporary Arts), Bristol, UK. (July 8 – Oct 1st). Co-curated by Gemma Brace (Arnolfini Head of Exhibitions) and Alice Kettle (Professor, Manchester School of Arts)
Art Genève Art fair 2023, Geneva, Switzerland (26- 29 Jan) , represented by Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
2022
Radar, Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal, Canada (Feb 2 – March 12)
2021
Recyclage-Surcyclage – Exposition 2021, Foundation Villa Datris pour la sculpture, Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris , France (May 19 – December 19)
Af-flux Biennale Transnationale Noire - CIRCA Art Actuel, Montréal, Canada (Sept 11-Dec 11)
Africa Universe II (Virtual exhibition) - Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy (Feb 28 - March 20)
UBUNTU – (Harry David Art Collection) National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) 19 September 2020 - 22 August 2021
2020
Le travail en soi / The work itself / El trabajo de uno (commissaire: Nuria Carton de Grammont), Centre d’exposition L’Imagier, Gatineau. Canada (Aug 15- Sept 27)
Recyclage/Surcyclage, Foundation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporaine, 84800 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France (June 20 – Nov. 1)
Africa Universe (Chapter 3) - The art of storytellers. The continuation of the tradition: from Chéri Cherin to Amani Bodo. Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
(Jan 16 – Feb 11)
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials (traveling group exhibition), Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin (13 Sept 2019 – Jan 5, 2020)
2019
Africa Now, MO.CA Centro per le Nuove Culture, Brescia, Italy (Nov 15 – Jan 6, 2020)
Filament / Filam(a)nt: between the seams, Fondation Blachère art centre, Apt, France (May 23 -Oct 5)
Africa Universe. Chapter 1, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy (Sept 26 – Nov 13)
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, United Kingdom (represented by Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy)
Africa! Grieder Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland (June 7 - Sept 6)
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials (traveling exhibition), Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts, USA (Feb 8-July 28),Chazen Museum
of Art, Wisconsin (Sept 13 – Jan 5, 2020)
2018
Artissima 2018 art fair, Torino, Italia / Italy (represented by Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy)
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, United Kingdom (represented by Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy)
Exposition Entrelacé, Conseil des arts de Montréal (hosted by Conseil interculturel de Montréal and Conseil des arts de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials (Traveling group exhibition till 2020), Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA (Feb 13-June 17),
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Oregon, USA (Sept 22 – Dec 30)
Volta14 – Basel 2018, Basel Swizerland (represented by Primae Noctis Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland)
The Black Sphinx II: From Morocco to Madagascar, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Tissage/Tressage… quand la sculpture défile, (May 19 – Nov 1st), Fondation Villa Datris pour la Sculpture Contemporaine. L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
The Black Sphinx II, Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa (rep. by Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy)
2017
Les Éclaireurs – sculpteurs d’Afrique (collection Fondation Blachère), Palais des Papes, Avignon, France (till Jan 2018)
Selections 2017, Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
In Edeniye, a City of the Future, Yermilov Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Juried)
Up: Rise Leve: Levee, Galerie d'Art LSB, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
While no one was looking, Galerie MainLaine, Montreal, Canada
Be Bold for Change, Female Artists Association of Nigeria Annual Exhibition for International Women’s Day, Nike Art Gallery. Lagos, Nigeria.
Celebration of Black History Month, Bank of Montreal rue St. Jacques, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2016
THAT ART FAIR (Art Africa), The Palms Center, Cape Town, South Africa
Dissonant Integrations, Ethnocultural Art Histories Research and Z-Art space, Montreal, Canada
2015
Group Show 2015 – Gallery Artists, Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
SalonEsque, MAI Gallery, Montreal, Canada (Juried)
Thresholds: Presence, Absence, and Territory, Gladstone Art gallery, Toronto, Canada (Juried)
Basket Case II, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
2014
La Parole aux Femmes (Women Speak Out), Artist Village, Bonendale, Cameroon
La Parole aux Femmes (Women Speak Out), Fondation Blachère, Apt, France (Juried)
Women in National Development, Female Artists Association of Nigeria and French Embassy in Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria (Juried)
MULTIMEDIA ART: A tool for environmental awareness, the International Institute for Creative Development (IICD), Abuja, Nigeria (Juried)
Summer Group Show 2014, Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
The Role of Art in National Development: Society of Nigeria 50th Anniversary, Omenka Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria (Juried)
Basket Case II, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2013
Diaspora, New Century Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, USA (Juried)
Plight of Women, Female Artists Association of Nigeria and French Cultural Institute, Abuja, Nigeria (Juried)
2012
Art for Display, Regional Arts Commision, St. Louis, MO, USA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mildred Lane Kemper Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
Consumer Culture, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Juried)
In The Heart of The Heart Of The Country, St. Louis, MO, USA (Juried)
The No List: MFA Thesis Satellite Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, USA (Juried)
Swap-O-Rama-Rama, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis MO, USA
Soul Gazers, Salle des Pas Perdus, United Nations Geneva (Juried)
2011
Work – Parabola, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA (Juried)
33September, Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA (Juried)
33October, Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA (Juried)
Akpalakpa, MFA first year exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
MFA Open Studios, Lewis Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
2010
Here and There, Iroko Life and Art style, Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA (Juried)
Visions of Nigeria, Embassy of Italy in Abuja, Abuja, Nigeia (Juried)
2009
Treasures of Benin, National Museum, Onikan, Lagos. Nigeria (Juried)
The Plight of Women, National Museum, Lokoja, Kogi, Nigeria
Open Heavens, Francodous International Communication, Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
Female Genital Mutilation Through the Eyes of Nigerian Artists, FORWARD, Ypres, Belgium
2008
Celebrating our Unity in Diversity through Enculturation, First Catholic Festival of Arts and Culture, Benin City, Nigeria
Images of Value, 3rd National Symposium on Art, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
SELECTED COMMISSIONS and WORKS IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Collection Fondation Villa Datris Swirl bin
Africa First (Tiroche DeLeon Collection) Ghangha oha mmili (Ghangha the Rainmaker)
Harry David Art Collection – Umu ada (children of the first daughter)
Centre D’Art de la Fondation Blachère, Apt, France – Open door policy
US Embassy (Africa Region) - Art in Embassies, US State Department – Mmili (Water)
Centre D’Art de la Fondation Blachère, Apt, France – Mmonwu Onitsha (Onitsha Masquerade);
The EUNIC Zimbabwe Cluster (British Council, Alliance Française and Goethe Institute and National Gallery of Zimbabwe – Asiwafuni Amavila (We don’t want lazy people)
US Embassy (Africa Region) - Art in Embassies, US State Department – Eze na Ozo (Red cap chiefs)
US Embassy (Africa Region) - Art in Embassies, US State Department – Green Mentality
BIBLIOGRAPHY and Press Releas
Press Material : Ubuntu-Five Rooms from the Harry David Art Collection
https://www.emst.gr/en/exhibitions-en/ubuntu-the-harry-david-art-collection#press
Virtual Exhibition tour : Harry David Art Collection:
https://harrydavidartcollection.org/ubuntu-virtual-exhibition-tour/
"Ifeoma U. Anyaeji " – AFRICA UNIVERSERSE 2 : A Project by Primo Giovanni Marella (published by Primo Marella Gallery – Milan 2021 (Pg. 36 – 43, 111)
Recyclage/Surcyclage : #10 exposition 2020. Published by Foundation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporaine. 2020. 84800 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
“Ifeoma U. Anyaeji- Adapted Sculptures and Installations Through Waste – On-Line Exhibit 2019 Ezuhu ezu – In(complete). Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead”- WeavePrint. June 7, 2020 https://weaveprint.com/2020/06/07/ifeoma-u-anyaeji-adapted-sculptures-and-installations-through-waste-on-line-exhibit-2019-ezuhu-ezu-incomplete-baltic-centre-for-contemporary-art-gateshead/
“Ifeoma U. Anyaeji” - Africa Now, edited by Albano Morandi (Stelva A.R. Published by Mo.Ca Centro per le Nuove Culture, Brescia, Italy, 2019 (Pg. 46- 47, 87- 88).
https://en.calameo.com/read/00456646478890f554119
https://www.artistinresidence.ch/en/mostra-collettiva-africa-now/exhibition/12/africa-now
New BALTIC exhibition shows plastic can still be fantastic by David Whetstone. CHRONICLELIVE (11:00 3 Jun 2019, updated 16:39, 5 June 2019) https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/new-baltic-exhibition-shows-plastic-16367008
Sculpting Plastic - Ifeoma U. Anyaeji: Ezuhu ezu In (complete) interviewed by Anna MacNay for ART QUARTERLY (Summer 2019, pp. 4-5) Gateshead, UK
“Plasto-yarns”, exhibition review by Dr Sue Marks. Selvedge Magazine, Issue 90 West, Sept/Oct 2019 https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/plasto-yarns
“Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Baltic, Gateshead: 24 May-22 September 2019”. Design Anthology UK edition, Issue 02, (Pg. 123).
“Ifeoma U. Anyaeji – Ezuhu ezu – In(complete): 24 May – 22 September 2019” http://balticplus.uk/ifeoma-u-anyaeji-ezuhu-ezu-incomplete-e772/
- “New BALTIC exhibition shows plastic can still be fantastic” by David Whetstone. ChronicleLive, 3 JUN 2019
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/new-baltic-exhibition-shows-plastic-16367008
“Upcycling upturned”. Crafts Magazine, Issue no 278, May/June 2019 (Pg. 11). Craft Council UK
“Ifeoma Anyaeji” - Filam(a)nt. Published by Fondation Blachère, Apt, France, 2019 (Pg. 12-13)
27 Must-See Artworks at Artissima 2019 by Paul Laster. Noah Becker’s White Magazine of Contemporary Art, April 2021
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/see-artworks-at-artissima-2019/4424
“Ifeoma U. Anyaeji”- La Sfinge Nera II – dal Morocco al Madagascar. Published by Primo Marella Gallery, Milan: Italy, 2018
"Ifeoma Anyaeji" Atelier d’art, Le Magazine des Metiers d’art. Issue no 136, Aout - Sept 2018 (Pg. 32 –33)
Tissage/Tressage… quand la sculpture défile: #8 exposition 2018. Published by Foundation Villa Datris pour la sculpture contemporaine. 2018. 84800 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
“Les Éclaireurs – sculpteurs d’Afrique (collection Fondation Blachère), Published by Fondation Blachère. Apt : France, 2017 (Pg. 30 -31)
“IFEOMA ANYAEJI” by Malcom Harris –Perez. Ubikwist Magazine, Issue no 3 “Roots” (Pg.48-55) Edited by Giannie Couji. Publisher UBIKWIST LLC, 2016. http://www.ubikwistmag.com/issue3/
"Ifeoma Anyaeji" - Basket Case II. Published by the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. 2014 (Pg. 22 – 25)
“Ifeoma U. Anyaeji- Adapted Sculptures and Installations Through Waste – On-Line Exhibit 2019 Ezuhu ezu – In(complete). Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead” (WeavePrint.com, June 7 2020 https://weaveprint.com/2020/06/07/ifeoma-u-anyaeji-adapted-sculptures-and-installations-through-waste-on-line-exhibit-2019-ezuhu-ezu-incomplete-baltic-centre-for-contemporary-art-gateshead/
Woven From Waste. East Journal (June 17, 2020) https://www.east.co.uk/blogs/journal/woven-from-waste
“Ifeoma Anyaeji - Umu Ada (2016)” http://www.researchracing-documentation.de/researchracing-HOME/emst-upcoming-exhibitions-2020-4.pdf
“Interwoven:” Published by Conseil des arts de Montréal. Montreal, Canada, 2018 (Pg. 8 – 11) http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/CONSEIL_INTERC_FR/MEDIA/DOCUMENTS/CATALOGUE_INTERWOVEN_EN.PDF
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS and DIALOGUE
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji: "Plasto and Neo-traditional art and the Arnolfini Arts residency experience". A public presentation at the Textile and Place International
textile conference at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK, 17 October 2023
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Young In Hong and Richard McVetis: Unravelling Threads – a series of public conversations with co-curators Gemma Brace and Alice Kettle,
Arnolfini Arts, Bristol, UK (9 July 2023)
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji and Chelsea Frazier: “Neo-traditionalism and the Eco-ethics of the African Feminist: Artist + Scholar in Dialogue. A public conversation at
Smith College Museum of Art Massachusetts, USA, 26 March 2019
Anyaeji, Ifeoma U: “Plasto-Art: An Eco-Aesthetic Process of Remaking”. A public presentation at the Penn State African Studies Seminar Series (Spring 2018)
Pennsylvania State University, USA, 10 April 2018
Anyaeji, Ifeoma U. “Beyond Expiration Date: exploring Up-cycling.” AJOFAA - Awka Journal of Fine and Applied Arts, Vol. 2 (2014): 165-182. Print. Department of
Fine & Applied Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Anyaeji, Ifeoma U. “Upcycling and the concept of Plasto-art”. A public presentation at the University of Hawai’i, Hilo (UHH), November 12, 2016 and Hawai’i,
Manoa (UH Manoa), 15 November 2016
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Executive Director (2006 to Date)
Fugo-eyes Art Concept, Nigeria
Part-time Instructor special topics – ARTH 398/2: Neo-Traditional Craft making - the found object reuse practice in contemporary West African (Nigerian) sculpture (Fall semester 2018), Concordia University, Department of Art History, Montreal, Quebec
Juror and Guest Artist for the exhibition “Upcycle”(2016), East Hawaiʻi, Cultural Center, Hilo. USA
Lecturer (2012- Date)
University of Benin, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Benin City, Edo, Nigeria.
Volunteer Artist (April - May 2012)
Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis, MO, USA
Teaching Assistant (2011)
Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Graduate Assistant Lecturer (2007- 2012)
University of Benin, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Benin City, Edo, Nigeria.
Art Facilitator (May 2010)
Evolving Currents, Iroko Arts and Life Style, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria
Art Facilitator (August 2008)
The Art of ‘Chet’ Sandals and Slippers Making, a collaboration between Fugo-eyes Art Concept and Catholic Rehabilitation Centre, Benin City, Nigeria
SELECTED ART RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
Arnolfini - Ashley Clinton Barker Mills Trust International Resident Artist, University of the West of England’s City Campus, Bristol, United Kingdom (2023)
Resident Artist, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom (2019)
Resident Artist, University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo residency project, Hawaiʻi, USA (2016)
Resident Artist, Art Omi International Artists’ Residency, New York, USA (2016)
EUNIC Zimbabwe Cluster Basket Case II and National Gallery of Zimbabwe Resident Artist, Lupane Women’s Center, Lupane, Zimbabwe (2014)
Resident Artist, Fondation Blachère La Parole aux Femmes creative workshop, Bonendale, Cameroun (2014)
Resident Artist, The GoDown Arts Center, Nairobi. Kenya (2013)
Ford Fellow, Ford Foundation and Association of African Universities Cohort Building, Cotonou, Benin Republic (2010)
Resident Artist, 12th Harmattan Workshop, Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, Agbara-otor, Delta, Nigeria (2010)
Ford Foundation International Fellows-Elect, Pathfinder Nigeria, Pre-Academic Training program and Cohort Building, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria (2009/2010)
Resident Artist, 10th Harmattan Workshop, Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation, Agbara-otor, Delta, Nigeria (2008)
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS AND ACADEMIC AWARDS
2023 First Recipient of the Arnolfini - Ashley Clinton Barker Mills Trust International Artist Resident Award
2019 Concordia University 2018-2019 Fine Arts GraduateTravel Award
2017 Concordia University, 2016-2017 Graduate Student Mobility Award
Concordia University 2016-2017 Fine Arts Graduate Travel Award
2016 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship Award
Art Omi International, Antrev Habland Award for an artist living and working in Montreal.
Concordia University 2015-2016 Fine Arts Travel Award (Graduate Students)
2015 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship
Concordia University, 2015-2016 Graduate Student Mobility Award
2014 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship
Concordia University Hitting the High Notes Graduate Award,
Concordia University International Tuition Fee Remission Award 2014-2017
2013 College Arts Association International Member Conference Travel Grant for the 2014 Annual Conference in Chicago
2012 Washington University in St. Louis Nominee for the 2012 International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement Award
Washington University in St. Louis Graduate Student Travel GrantWashington University in St. Louis
Runner-up for the Washington University in St. Louis artist-in-residency grant for the Cite International des Arts in Paris
2010 - 2012 Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program, Ford International Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2000 - 2005 University of Benin’s Scholar’s Prize for Best Student in Academic Performance in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts
2005 Departmental Academic Prize for Best Graduating Student 2004/2005 Session, in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Arts,
University of Benin.
Faculty of Art Dean’s Prize for Best Graduating Student in Faculty of Arts, 2004/2005 Session, University of Benin
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des Artistes Canadiens (CARFAC)
Society of Nigerian Artist (SNA) - Member
Female Artist Association of Nigeria (FEAAN) - Member
University of Benin Trained Artists (UBTA) - Founding Member
Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA), member
College Art Association (CAA) - Member
Women Caucus Art - Member
