EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2016 - 2021
OCAD University - Toronto, ON
2015 - 2016
Columbia International College, Hamilton, ON
2000 - 2015
Greensprings School, Lagos, Nigeria
PROFFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE
2024
O’OJEH After School Arts Program @ArtHeart- Daniels Spectrum Cultural Hub [ Role:Arts Facilitator]
City of Toronto - George Street Revitalization Project Public Art Commission [ Role: Assistant Artist]
The Corperation of The City of Mississauga - CMS/Recreation & Culture Division [ Role: Visual Arts Instructor]
Vibe Arts For Children & Youth [ Role: Arts Educator]
2023
HAVANA CLUB: Artist In Residence Highlight, Toronto, ON
Astonishing Paper Fantasia with Hermès Canada and Geoffrey Pithon, Toronto, ON
Kensington Market Balwin Mural, A Future Without Oppression, Toronto, ON
Featured in fufu film, Directed by Omolola Jao - Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox. [Role: Set Design - Artwork]
it’s real, I watched it happen, Directed by Isabel Okoro - Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON [Role: Set Design]
2022
Conlins Road Cycle Track Project - Street Art Toronto, Toronto, ON
SELECTED SOLO/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Artist Project - Untapped Section @ Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON
Artist Talk - Archiving Culture Through Hair and Beauty in Black Canadian Communities with Melissa J. Nelson, Toronto, ON
Golden Beauty Supply Installation @ DesignTO Festival, Toronto, ON
Girl Dinner Emerging Artist Group Exhibition @ ABBOZZO Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Solo Exhibition @ Richmond Hill (Central Branch) Public Library, Richmond Hill, ON
Live Edge, Duo Exhibition @ Samara Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Our Hair Holds Memories, Solo Exhibition Represented by BAND Gallery @ 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON
SANKOFA Art Showcase @itsOKWorld, Toronto, ON
BLACKPOP! Group Exhibition @ Stackt Market, Toronto, ON
METIVIER TALKS | BAND OFFSITE: EHIKO ODEH, MOSES SALIHOU, AND KHALID ROMAIN, Toronto, ON
BAND OFFSITE, Group Exhibition @ Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, ON
DIASPORAS, Group Exhibition, @ THE MUSEUM, Kitchener, Ontario, ON
Unconnected Yet, Group Exhibition @ The Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India
Longwinter, Group Exhibition @ The Tranzac Club, Toronto, ON
2022
Live painting @ Nuit Blanche with localglobal @ COLD TEA, Toronto, ON
Realised, Reimagined, Group Exhibition with Foodshare Toronto @ Flemo Farm, North York, ON
Floating Gallery, Group Exhibition @ Stackt market, Toronto, ON
Between Starshine & Clay, Black History Month Digital Group Exhibition @ Yonge x Dundas Square, Toronto, ON
The Elements of Humanity, Solo Exhibition @ MCA Projects, York, ON
2021
The Duality of Life and Death, Solo Window Exhibition@ Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Workman Arts 20th Anniversary - BEING SCENE, Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Gladstone House Art Program @ Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
Black Women Paint Baldwin Mural - A Future Without Oppression @ Kensington Market, Toronto, ON
2020
Drawing & Painting Class of 2020 GradEx105, Group Exhibition @ Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019
Ochu’lu O’Oya (Celebrating Ceremony) Solo Exhibition @ BAND Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018
24 Hrs of Blackness, Group Exhibition @ ADA Slaight Galleries, Toronto, ON
2017
I SEE U, Group Exhibition @ Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Dirty Talk, Group Exhibition 011 @ Smiling Buddha, Torornto, ON
2016
Black Creators Month, Group Exhibition @ OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Black Creators Month, Group Exhibition @ OCAD University, Toronto, ON
WORKSHOPS
2024
Art Salon - Collage Workshop @ SKETCH, Toronto, ON
Hair Collage Workshop @ Richmond Hill Public Library Central Branch, Richmond Hill, ON
Painting Workshop for Family Day @ Montgomery’s Inn, Etobicoke, ON
2023
Collage Workshop - Black Women In Motion, Crystals & Sage Wellness Initiative @ SKETCH, Toronto, ON
Paper Based Workshop @ JANGILOVA Art Exhibition by Willyverse, Toronto, ON
Mindful Collage Workshop with Issues magazine & The SAD Collective @ THE COMBINE, Toronto, ON
55 & Better Memory Collage workshop for Seniors @ THEMUSEUM Kitchener, ON
Botanical Paint Night Workshop @ The Toronto Music Garden, Toronto, ON
2022
The Collage Workshop @ MCA Gallery, York, ON
Bridgeton Paint Night Workshop @ The Toronto Music Garden, Toronto, ON
2021
Knowing Histories, Building Futures with NIA centre in partnership with Gardiner Museum’s Community Art Space Initiative, Toronto, ON
2019
Mickalene Thomas Artist Critiques @ OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2018
Groundings (Symposium to raise BIPOC Poets) @ OCAD U Learning Zone, Toronto, ON
Blessed Hands Hair Salon Installation @ OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2017
Art Vs Alt (A Conference on Culture and Politics) @ Steelworkers' Hall, Toronto, ON
Writing in Dangerous Times: Survival, Resistance, Joy @ OCAD U Learning Zone, Toronto, ON
Creative Writing Workshop @ Scarborough Alternative HighSchool, Toronto, ON
COMMISSIONS
2022
Mural Routes Digital Background
Realised, Reimagined, Foodshare, Toronto, ON
Planter Mural @ Kensington Market, Toronto, ON
Ici bon café - Nilecoffeeclub, Toronto, ON
2021
Book Cover for Make The World New by Lillian Allen, Toronto, ON
Recipient - The Gladstone House Art Project @ Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
Kensington Market Street Mural, A Future Without Oppression, Toronto, ON
Winter Promotional Image - SKETCH @ ARTSCAPE YOUNGPLACE, Toronto, ON
GRANTS/CERTIFICATES
Spring Grant Recipient
Exhibition Assistance Grant Recipient - Ontario Arts Council
Certificate of Recognition from MP of Richmond Hill & Markham.
ARTIST- IN - RESIDENCE
2023
ReAct, ReCreate, ReVision: Youth Arts Advocacy for Equitable Cultural Policy, Artist Residence, Toronto, ON
Artist-In-Residence @ Living Arts Centre Mississauga, ON
Foodshare Toronto - Food Stories, Toronto, ON
COLLECTIONS
Wedge Curatorial Projects - The Wedge Collection
PODCASTS & PRESS