Nengi Omuku was born in Warri, Nigeria in 1987, spending her teenage years there until she was 16, after which she moved to England for her A-levels. She trained in fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, graduating in 2012. Omuku's paintings ddelve deeply into themes of gender, cultural roots, and race, with an emphasis on the mental and emotional spaces within an individual and their projection onto the physical world. Intrigued by Nigeria's pre-colonial understanding of dress, Omuku paints on 'sanyan', a traditional Nigerian fabric made from wild silk and used for draped garments.

Listen to her story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/nengi-omuku-