Ije .
- Work
- Biography
I am an artist whose sensuous, nomadic practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation, rooted in transformation of materials, bodies, and perception. I create tactile, rhythmic works that evoke energetic memory and emotional resonance, frequently incorporating found /gifted / re-used and elemental materials - wire, plaster, pigment, textiles, glass, and swarf. I also write and perform poetry, photograph and document.
I draw on a lifetime of moving - across landscapes, communities, and emotional terrains. Artworks unfold across multiple viewpoints, and rather than offering resolution, they propose rhythm, resonance, and orientation - openings for connection and contemplation.
A prolific maker with an MA Fine Art from Birmingham City University, I exhibit regularly across the UK. I won the Chameleon Arts Prize in 2019, leading to my first large solo exhibition in 2020 at Surface Gallery Nottingham, across both floors of the gallery (paintings, installations, poetry and a film), each floor approx. 16x7m exhibition space. My art can be found in private and corporate collections in the UK and internationally.
I am a Trustee, Ambassador and Artist Advisor for the UK charity – Outside In.
I draw on a lifetime of moving - across landscapes, communities, and emotional terrains. Artworks unfold across multiple viewpoints, and rather than offering resolution, they propose rhythm, resonance, and orientation - openings for connection and contemplation.
A prolific maker with an MA Fine Art from Birmingham City University, I exhibit regularly across the UK. I won the Chameleon Arts Prize in 2019, leading to my first large solo exhibition in 2020 at Surface Gallery Nottingham, across both floors of the gallery (paintings, installations, poetry and a film), each floor approx. 16x7m exhibition space. My art can be found in private and corporate collections in the UK and internationally.
I am a Trustee, Ambassador and Artist Advisor for the UK charity – Outside In.
Artist born in Scotland of British / Nigerian heritage, currently based in the West Midlands, whose sensuous, nomadic practice fuses personal memory, embodied movement, and material transformation. Working across painting, sculpture, installation and poetry, I create tactile, rhythmic works that evoke energetic memory and emotional resonance. A prolific maker with an MA Fine Art.
I am a Trustee, Ambassador and Artist Advisor for the UK charity – Outside In.
AWARDS
2025 a-n The Artists Information Company / Freelands Foundation Bursary personal
development (full award)
2019 The Chameleon Arts Prize Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2018 UK Artists Annual Exhibition 1st Prize winner
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 2) Surface Gallery, Nottingham
I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 1) Artspace Windows, The Row and Arcadia, Coventry
Small Group (up to 8 artists)
2024 THE GRANGE FESTIVAL The Grange Festival / Outside In partnership exhibition (6 artists), The Grange, Hampshire
2022 HOWDEN GROUP Howden Group / Outside In partnership (4 artists), One Creechurch Place, London; (painting purchased Howden Family Collection)
2022 ENCOUNTERS (3 artists) Floor One Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2021 MULTIPLICITY OF US (7 Afro-descendant artists) Arcadia, Coventry
Large Group (9+ artists)
2025 WINTER GROUP SHOW 2025/2026, Linden Hall Studio, Deal / ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London / UNDOINGS: Exploring Contemporary Making and Unmaking Sussex Contemporary at BN9, East Sussex / PAINTING Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2024 COLOUR Open Gallery, Halifax, West Yorkshire /
LEAMINGTON OPEN Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington Spa / C.A.S.E. The Herbert Art
I am a Trustee, Ambassador and Artist Advisor for the UK charity – Outside In.
AWARDS
2025 a-n The Artists Information Company / Freelands Foundation Bursary personal
development (full award)
2019 The Chameleon Arts Prize Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2018 UK Artists Annual Exhibition 1st Prize winner
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 2) Surface Gallery, Nottingham
I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 1) Artspace Windows, The Row and Arcadia, Coventry
Small Group (up to 8 artists)
2024 THE GRANGE FESTIVAL The Grange Festival / Outside In partnership exhibition (6 artists), The Grange, Hampshire
2022 HOWDEN GROUP Howden Group / Outside In partnership (4 artists), One Creechurch Place, London; (painting purchased Howden Family Collection)
2022 ENCOUNTERS (3 artists) Floor One Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2021 MULTIPLICITY OF US (7 Afro-descendant artists) Arcadia, Coventry
Large Group (9+ artists)
2025 WINTER GROUP SHOW 2025/2026, Linden Hall Studio, Deal / ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London / UNDOINGS: Exploring Contemporary Making and Unmaking Sussex Contemporary at BN9, East Sussex / PAINTING Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2024 COLOUR Open Gallery, Halifax, West Yorkshire /
LEAMINGTON OPEN Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington Spa / C.A.S.E. The Herbert Art
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- SUCCESSION OF REMEMBERED SYMMETRIES: OH THE TUNES I'VE DANCED TO 1
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- WINTERWATERLAND: TORRENT
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- IRMC EMEGHI IFELE (UNDISGUISED)
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- MENOPAUSED 1
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- FOLDS WHORLS SURFACES SPACES 1
- Mixed Media
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- PERDURANCE 19: MOMENTS OF ENTANGLEMENT 2
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- PERDURANCE 35: I RANandRAN WITH JOY 2
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- SUCCESSION OF REMEMBERED SYMMETRIES: ORIENTATIONS OF SELFHOOD
- Mixed Media
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