Onyeka Igwe
Onyeka Igwe is an artist and researcher specialising in moving image. Recent solo exhibitions include at Peer, London; (2024); MoMA PS1, New York (2023); Highline, New York (2022); LUX, London; (2021) and Jerwood Arts, London (2019). Recent group exhibitions have been held at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Nigeria Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice; Lagos Biennial, Lagos (2024); The Common Guild, Glasgow and South London Gallery, London; (2023). In 2018, Igwe joined Black Obsidian Sound System (B.O.S.S.), a QTIBIPOC sound system based in South London. B.O.S.S. received a nomination for the Turner Prize in 2021. Igwe’s works are part of the British Film Institute Collection and The Arts Council Collection (UK). She was nominated for the MaxMara Artist Prize for Women 2022-24, awarded the 2021 Foundwork Artist Prize, 2020 Arts Foundation Futures Award for Experimental Short Film and was the recipient of the Berwick New Cinema Award in 2019. Igwe will present a solo exhibition for Art Now, Tate Britain in September 2025.
Portrait of Onyeka Igwe.Photo credit: Somerset House Studios
Video: Onyeka Igwe, A Radical Duet (2023), excerpt
Onyeka Igwe, A Radical Duet (2023), film still
Onyeka Igwe, A Radical Duet (2023), film still. Courtesy of the artist and Arcadia Missa.
Onyeka Igwe, A Radical Duet (2023), film still
Video: The Miracle on George Green (2022), excerpt
Onyeka Igwe, The Miracle On George Green (2022), film still. Courtesy of the artist and Arcadia Missa.
Video: Onyeka Igwe Jarman Award 2022 Interview
Video: the names have changed including my own and truths have been altered (2019), excerpt
Onyeka Igwe, the names have changed including my own and truths have been altered (2019), video still. Courtesy of the artist
Onyeka Igwe, the names have changed including my own and truths have been altered (2019), video still. Courtesy of the artist
Video: A So-Called Archive (2020), trailer
Video: Onyeka Igwe, Specialised Technique (2018), trailer
Onyeka Igwe, Specialised Technique (2018), film still. Supported through The FLAMIN Fellowship. Courtesy of the artist
Onyeka Igwe, Specialised Technique (2018), film still. Supported through The FLAMIN Fellowship. Courtesy of the artist
Onyeka Igwe, We Need New Names (2015), video still. Courtesy of the artist
