Tomilola Olumide (b.1996, London) is a Multidisciplinary Artist based between Nigeria and the United Kingdom
Education
2020 BA Fine Art, University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art, UK
Residencies
2023 Wá wò ó | Spot VR Residency, Stryx Gallery Birmingham, UK
2023 Moving to Words | EOP Summer Camp 2023 Micro Residency, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
Exhibitions
2024 Assembly 2024 | Group Exhibition Commissioned by Multistory x The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK (August - November)
2024 Radiant | Group Exhibition Copeland Gallery, London, UK Curated by Abigail Fakoya (July)
2023 Wá wò ó | Solo Exhibition, Spot VR Residency, Stryx Gallery Birmingham, UK
2023 Moving to Words | Group Exhibition, EOP Summer Camp 2023 Micro Residency Show, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
2023 Pressure x Walk | (Algo | Afro) Futures 2023 Mentoring Program x Live Group Performance, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
2022 I Am & Nothing Else, Group Exhibition, Affinity Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
2021 Beyond Otherness, Group Exhibition, Open Hand Open Space Gallery, Reading, UK
2021 Rest and Repair, Group Exhibition, Platform Black x UCLH, Street Gallery, London, UK
2019 Itinerant Objects, Group Exhibition, Tate Modern Exchange x WSA University of Southampton, London, UK
2018 Building an Art Biennale, Group Exhibition, Tate Modern Exchange x WSA University of Southampton, London, UK
2017 Shared drive, Group Exhibition, The Event, WSA Gallery, Winchester, UK
2017 Art and Design Summer Show, Group Exhibition, West Herts College, Hertfordshire, UK
2017 The Radlett Art Society Anthorp Award show, Group Exhibition, Hertfordshire, UK
Performances
2023 Pressure x Walk | (Algo | Afro) Futures Live Performance, Vivid Projects, Digbeth First Friday, Birmingham, UK
2021 Ádun | Beyond Otherness, Open Hand Open Space Gallery, Reading, UK
2019 Undecided, Winchester School of Art, UK
2018 IADT, It's About Damn Time, Winchester School of Art, UK
2017 Homage to the Lost Ones, The Winchester School of Art Gallery, Winchester, UK
2017 It is a Wicked Truth, Spoken Word, The Winchester School of Art Gallery, Winchester, UK
Artist Talks
2023 Stryx Shop Winter Fair, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2023 Wá wò ó | Spot VR Residency ‘Final outcome Exhibition’, Stryx Gallery Birmingham, UK
2023 Wá wò ó | Spot VR Residency ‘Initial stage Exhibition’, Stryx Gallery Birmingham, UK
2023 Guest Artist Talk | What Do We Become Exhibition Curated by Tobi Alexandra Falade, Barbican Centre, London, UK
2022 Artist Talk | I Am & Nothing Else, Affinity Art Gallery hosted by Carolina Conforti, Lagos, Nigeria
2021 Artist Symposium | Beyond Otherness, Openhand OpenSpace Gallery hosted by Harold Offeh, Reading, UK
2021 Artist Talk | Rest and Repair, Platform Black x UCLH hosted by Tobi Alexandra Falade x Alicia-Pearl Cato, London, UK
Professional Development
2024 BOM Immersive Arts Bootcamp: Unreal Engine 5 at Birmingham Open Media, Birmingham, UK (April - July)
2024 Steam House | Studio Maker program, Birmingham, UK (February)
2024 In Transit | Removing Barriers: Making your work accessible course, Online (January - March)
2023 (Algo | Afro) Futures 2023 Mentoring Program, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
2022 Yawoa Foundation x Igo Glass 'Reflekt Glass Blowing' Workshop, Lagos, Nigeria
2021 P.A.S | Performance Art Studies Workshop, Online
Publications
2024 Spot VR Residency 2023 Critical Essay Written by Tomilola Olumide and Edited by Roma Piotrowska for Stryx Gallery Birmingham's 'Annual Residency Programme Catalogue.'
2021 Crucible | Article - Blackness, Embodiment, and the Rising of Greatness, 'Lostness in Oyinbo land,' artwork pg 24
Press
2022 Sugarcane Magazine | THIS WEEK IN AFRICAN ART AND CULTURE
2022 This Day Nigeria | Article - Female Artists Affirm Resilience in New Show at Affinity Art Gallery by Yinka Olatunbosun
2022 Guardian Nigeria | Article - I am and … nothing else by Florence Utor
2022 CONTEMPORARY & | Article - I AM & … Nothing Else – Group Show Affinity Art Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria
Interviews
2022 Jeune Garde | Article by Maurice Chapot
2022 Channels Television News | Art House | Interview by Melinda Akinlami
2022 Studio Interview | Affinity Art Gallery Lagos
2022 TVC News Nigeria | Interview by Tolulope Lamidi
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