b. 1987 Warri, Nigeria; lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria
Nengi Omuku received her BA (2010) and MA (2012) from the Slade School of Art, University College London. Recent solo exhibitions include Parables of Joy, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery (2022); Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London and Berlin (2020-2021); Stages of Collapse, September Gray, Atlanta (2017); A State of Mind, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (2015). Recent group exhibitions include What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles, Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (2021-2022); Dissolving Realms, curated by Katy Hessel, Kasmin Gallery, New York (2022); Self-Addressed, curated by Kehinde Wiley at Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, USA (2021); The Invincible Hands, Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, Lagos, Nigeria (2021); Karim Kal and Nengi Omuku, La Galerie, Contemporary art Center, Noisy-le-Sec (2021); Dancing in Dark Times, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK (2021). Omuku’s work is also included in the collections of HSBC Art Collection, Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Loewe Art Collection, Monsoon Art Collection, Dawn Art Collection, Women’s Art Collection, Easton Capital Collection and the Azman Museum.
