CV
Eket, Nigeria
Work and lives in Baltimore, MD
EDUCATION
MFA 2019. Fine Art. Nottingham Trent University, UK
Erasmus 2019. École Supérieure des Beaux-arts. Le Mans, France
BA 2016. Cinematic Arts. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
- 2025. The Darkness Climbed In Through My Back. Centrum Foundation, Port Towsend, USA
Curator: Libby Pratt
- 2021. The Christening. New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK.
Curator: Cindy Sissokho
- 2019. Waiting to become: Images from a dream state, Attenborough Arts Center, Leicester, UK
Curator: Zoe Bromberg-McCathy
- 2018. Cheraphobia, Baby, Mother, Candy. Penn Station LED Billboard, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Curator: Baltimore Creative Alliance
GROUP
2023
- Solace. The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA
- B23. Gallery ICA, Baltimore, MD, USA
2022
- Hungry Eyes Festival, Kultur im Zentrum, Giessen, Germany
2021
- The Next Thing Moving Image Award. Bury Art Museum, Bury UK
- Black Newstead. Newstead Abbey, Nottingham, UK *Newstead Abbey Collection
- In reality these things need to be said…, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- The Face of the Other, The Ledward Centre/SEAS, Brighton, UK
2020
- Garden, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, USA
- Lost stories, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- Prescription 20/20, Art loud LA, Los Angeles, USA
2019
- Octeria, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
- NAE Open, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
- Left Bank Leeds Art Prize Exhibition, Left bank Leeds, Leeds, UK
- Mastered, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
- Unruly bodies, Stevenson Galleries, Stevenson, MD, USA
- UK New Artists City takeover, 38 Carrington, Nottingham, UK
2018
- Future Focus, Various locations, Cape Town, Accra, Ghana. Nairobi, Kenya
- Mélanges des fruits, Primary, Nottingham, UK
- AfterMath, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
2015
- Art All Night DC, Washington DC, USA
- Splendor, Baltimore Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, USA
FILM SCREENINGS / FESTIVALS
2023
- New/Next Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, USA
- New Works, Baltimore, MD, USA
2019
- Film Free and Easy, Nottingham, UK
- Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques, Marseille, France
2016
- Garnish pop-up Film Festival, Washington DC, USA
- Rabbit Heart Film Festival, Worcester, MA USA
- Lightstruck Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Best of Baltimore Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, USA
PERFORMANCE
- 2021. I Once Was Held For 1,000 Years. New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
- 2019. De temps en temps, Theatre Paul Scarron, Le Mans, France
AWARDS|RESIDENCIES
2025
- Odyssee Artist in Residency. Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde, France
- Centrum Artist Residency. Fort Worden State Park, USA
- Maryland State Arts Council – Professional Development Grant
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, USA
2024
- 1708 Gallery Artist Residency, USA
- Virginia Center for Creative Arts Fellowship, USA
2023
- Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, USA
- MacDowell Artist Residency, USA
2021
- An Indian Summer. Women Behind The Lens Award. UK. Shortlisted*
- Bury Art Museum. The Next Thing Moving Image Award. Bury, UK. Shortlisted*
- One Thoresbury Street Artist Residency. 1TS, Nottingham, UK
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, USA
- Maryland State Arts Council Emergency Grant, USA
2020
- Foundation for Contemporary arts. CV19 Fund Grant, USA
- Walter and Sondheim Art Prize. Baltimore, USA. Shortlisted*
2019
- East Midlands Graduate Residency. Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- New Art Exchange Open. Future Exhibition Prize. Nottingham, UK.
- Left Bank Leeds Art Prize. Leeds, UK. Shortlisted*
- Collectivism Residency. Haarlem Art Space, Wirksworth, UK
2017
- Indie Capital Awards. Best Experimental Film. Blackbird. Washington DC, USA.
2016
- UMBC Senior Exit Exhibition. Baltimore, USA. Outstanding Work in Cinematic Arts
TEACHING|TALKS|WORKSHOPS
2025
- Self-portrait Meditation workshop. 1708 Gallery, Richmond, USA
- Vendredi Baraque, Reves Du Nigeria. Le Plus Petite Cirque Du Monde, Bagneux, France
2024
- Present. Visiting Lecturer. Department of Visual Arts. UMBC, Catonsville, USA
- Summer session. Special Education/Art Resident. SALA ESY, Baltimore, USA
2023
- Adjunct Instructor. Department of Visual Arts. UMBC, Baltimore, USA
- Self-portrait Meditation workshop. Black Artist Research Space. Baltimore, USA
2022
- Present. Adjunct professor. Film and moving image. Stevenson university, Owings Mills, USA
2021
- NTU Live Lecture. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
- Self-portrait Meditation workshop, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
- The Vessel Body I workshop. BACKLIT Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- The Vessel Body II workshop. BACKLIT Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- In Conversation. No jobs in the arts. Online
2020
- -2022. Creative Writing teacher. Dance Place DC. Washington DC, USA
- – 2022. Special Education Art Teacher. The Baltimore Academy, Baltimore USA
2019
- EM19 artist talk. Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- Black futurity and resistance. New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
- Self and symbolism workshop. Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- Tarot making workshop. Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
- 1525 Queer club culture talk. Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
- Coopt Arty Party workshop. The West Indian Center, Coventry, UK
FEATURES / INTERVIEWS / REVIEWS
2023
- Aritst Feature. NotRealArt (Article)
- Artist Feature. Canvas Rebel (Article)
2021
- Exhibition review. The Christening. ArtReview (Article)
- Exhibition review. In reality these things need to be said. ArtReview (Article)
- Exhibition review. In reality these things need to be said. BlackBlossomss (Article)
- Artist interview. New Art Exchange. (Video)
- Exhibition review. The Christening. The Remark (Article)
2020
- Artist interview. Art Share LA. (Video)
- Artist feature. Art Habens. (Special Edition)
- Takeover. New Art Exchange. (Blog)
2019
- Artist interview. The State of the Arts. (Left Bank Leeds Art Prize)
- Artist feature. Black Girl Magik. (Transcending time issue)
- The religion of self-love. Distinguished diva. (March issue)
2018
- You will be back. Self-published. (Poetry collection)
- I hurt for no reason at all. The Light Ekphratic. (Issue 29)
- Icarus, Remittance, Skin. When we speak. Nottingham Black Archive. (Volume 1)
2017
- A letter to my future daughter. Distinguished diva. (June issue)
- When love came for me. Ramona Magazine. (August issue)
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