Onome Ekeh
Lecturer bachelor and master
Forum Kunst, artistic mentoring, seminar
Born and raised on both sides of the Atlantic, Onome Ekeh started out as a painter, transitioned to design, fell in love with cinema, went digital and picked up an AI habit. Her interdisciplinary body of work spans film, video, theater, literature, and radio. She is a recipient of numerous accolades and fellowships, including the Jerome Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation Fellowship, a Turbulence Media Award, and the Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen Fellowship. Her work is featured in the Serpentine Gallery’s publication, The Shape of the Circle in the Mind of a Fish. In 2024, she curated The Glittering Field for AOA;87 Contemporary. Her exhibition history includes Especulaciones at Museo Moderno in Buenos Aires, HEK (House of Electronic Arts) in Basel, and Basel Social Club. Onome Ekeh is a frequent speaker on the intersection of nature and technology on platforms such as CIMAM, CAM (Centro de Arte Moderna), and University of Basel.
Onome Ekeh, From the Brutalist Discothéque Series, 2022
Onome Ekeh, La Raña, 2018