Tomilola Olumide
Artist, Researcher
Nigerian (Born 1996, London)
Lives and practices between Lagos, London and Birmingham
Education
MA Contemporary Art Practice, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
BA Fine Art at The University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK
Group exhibitions
2026 Half Closed Eye, Curated by SADE SIX at the Outhouse Gallery, London, UK
2025 Poetics of Becoming, Curated by Julia Mahrer Viñas, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK
2024 Radiant, Curated by Abigail Fakoya, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
Communion, Commissioned by Multistory, The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
2023 Wá wò ó, Spot VR Residency, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Moving to Words, Extraordinary People Residency, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Pressure x Walk, (Algo | Afro) Futures 2023, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
2021 Beyond Otherness, Open Hand Open Space Gallery, Reading, UK
Awards & Fellowships
Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship by the Royal College of Art
Soho Global Fellowship by Soho House and Creative Futures Collective
Residencies
2025 Revisiting Collections with an African Lens (Library Residency) by RCA Africa Society at Royal College of Art, Kensington, London
2023 Wá wò ó, Spot VR Residency, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Moving to Words, Extraordinary People Residency, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Professional Associations, Memberships & Collectives
Contemporary Visual Arts Network West Midlands (CVANWM)
Emerging Researchers in British Art (ERBA) by the Paul Mellon Centre
Royal College of Art (RCA)
University of Southampton
British Art Network (BAN)
Heritage Arts
RCA Africa Society
RCA BLK
Axis
Significant engagements
2025 Founder of Èfùnsíkú
Bibliography
2026 January ‘Poetics of Becoming’ written by Curado
2025 December ‘Poetics of Becoming’ written by Julia Mahrer Viñas
2024 September ‘Communion Review’ by Thisistomorrow written by Anneka French
Talks & Readings
2026 Black Capital ‘From Studio to Portfolio’ at Elder Yard & Studios London
2024 Artist Talk, Communion, In Conversation at The New Art Gallery Walsall
2023 Artist Talk, Wá wò ó, Spot VR Residency, ‘Final outcome exhibition,’ Stryx Gallery
Guest Artist Talk, What Do We Become Exhibition at The Barbican Centre
2021 Artist Symposium, Beyond Otherness, Openhand OpenSpace Gallery hosted by Harold Offeh