Nengi Omuku (born 1987) is a Nigerian creative artist, sculptor and painter.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Delta State, Nigeria. Omuku studied both her

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and

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at the

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Notable works

* ''I can't feel my legs'', March 2012, oil on canvas, 220 x 160 cm. * ''Botticelli'', April 2012, oil on canvas, 100 x 140 cm. * ''Corkscrew'' October 2014. * ''Room with a view,'' 2020, oil on sanyan 130 x 190 cm * ''What was lost'', 2020, oil on sanyan 208 x 243 cm

Awards

Nengi Omuku's artistic work has won her scholarships and awards, including the British Council CHOGM art award presented by Her majesty Queen

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. * 2012 Prankerd Jones Memorial Prize Awarded by University College London * 2011 Nancy Balfour MA Scholarship Awarded by University College London * 2003 Winner- British Council CHOGM art competition Awarded by Queen Elisabeth II

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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Gallery, Berlin (2021) * Gathering, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020) * Stages of Collapse, September Gray, Atlanta (2017) * A State of Mind, The Armory Show, New York (2016) * A State of Mind, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (2015) * To Figure an Encounter, Open The Gate, London (2011).

Group exhibitions

* La Galerie, Contemporary art Center, Noisy-le-Sec (2021) * All the Days and Nights, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020) * Untitled Art San Francisco, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, San Francisco (2020) * 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London (2019), Hospital Rooms, Griffin Gallery, London (2018) * At work, Arthouse, Lagos (2018); ARTX,Lagos (2017) * Commotion, 1:54, London (2017); Mapping Histories, Constructing Realities, ART15, London (2015) * The Next 50 Years, Omenka Gallery, Lagos (2014) * Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition, Jerwood Gallery, London (2012). * Deep Cuts Last Measures, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London (2011) * Surplus to Requirements, Slade Research Center, London (2011) * The Future of Contemporary Art, Lloyd Gill Gallery, Bristol (2010) * Group Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (2010) * Group Exhibition, Camden Art Gallery, London (2009)

Commissions

* Arts Council England to paint a mural in an intensive care psychiatric ward in Maudsley hospital, London (2018) * HSBC Art Collection, * Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection * Dawn Art Collection

References

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