Precious Okoyomon

Exhibition view, Precious Okoyomon and Hannah Black: I NEED HELP
Real Fine Arts, New York, 2018
Courtesy of the artists and Real Fine Arts

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Precious Okoyomon (b. 1993) is a Nigerian-American poet and artist. Their work considers the natural world, histories of migration and racialization, and the pure pleasures of everyday life. They have had one-person exhibitions at the LUMA Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland; the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany; Performance Space New York, New York, New York; the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado; The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Madrid Foundation, Madrid, Spain; The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, New York; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria. They were included in the Baltic Triennial 13, Tallinn, Estonia; the 58th Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade, Serbia; the 59th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; the 2022 Okayama Art Summit, Okayama, Japan; the 11th Sequences Biennial, Reykjavik, Iceland; the 2023 Thailand Biennial, Chiang Rai, Thailand, as well as in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK; LUMA Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland; Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany; LUMA Arles, Arles, France; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Nigerian Pavillion, 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria. Okoyomon’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany and LUMA Arles, Arles, France. Okoyomon was the 2021 recipient of the Frieze Art Fair Artist Award, as well as the 2021 Chanel Next Art Prize. In 2024, But Did You Die?, their second book of poetry, was co-published by the Serpentine and Wonder Press.

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The Immersive Journey by Precious Okoyomon at Kunsthaus Bregenz

Collater.ai

Anna Frattini

February 17, 2025

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One Either Loves Oneself or Knows Oneself

Monopol

February 17, 2025

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Precious Okoyomon's dreamlike exhibition fills kunsthaus bregenz with plush companions

Designboom

Myrto Katsikopoulou

February 3, 2025

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Precious Okoyomon's Lush Dreamscapes Land in Kunsthaus Bregenz

Hypebeast

Erin Ikeuchi

January 31, 2025

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Precious Okoyomon Is Alive In Her New Book Of Poetry

Black Book

Chloe Shaar

September 13, 2024

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the sun eats her children

The Brooklyn Rail

Osman Can Yerebakan

August 29, 2024

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Poet Precious Okoyomon and artist Olivia McKayla Ross are using time as a creative medium

Document

Zoey Greenwald

August 23, 2024

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“Eating Ass For Breakfast”: Precious Okoyomon, in Conversation With Eileen Myles

Interview Magazine

Eileen Myles

August 15, 2024

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