Nengi Omuku: Wild Things and Perennials

Nengi Omuku (b. 1987, Nigeria) is celebrated for vibrant oil paintings that draw evocatively from the natural world. Her solo exhibition at Kasmin, Wild Things and Perennials, marks her debut in New York, showcasing eight new paintings on sanyan—a traditional Nigerian textile. Omuku lives and works between Lagos, Nigeria and London, United Kingdom. Recent institutional exhibitions include The Dance Of People And The Natural World, Hastings Contemporary, UK (2023); Arnolfini Arts, Bristol, UK (2023-2024). Omuku’s work can be found in international collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, the ICA Miami, the HSBC Art Collection, the Loewe Art Collection and the Norton Museum of Art.

New York-based independent curator, writer, journalist and critic Lilly Wei writes on global contemporary art and emerging art and artists, reporting frequently on international exhibitions and biennials. She has written for dozens of publications here and abroad and is a longtime contributor to Art in America and a contributing editor at ARTnews. She is the author of numerous artists’ catalogues and monographs and has curated exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Wei sits on the board of several non-profit art institutions and organizations including AICA/USA (the International Association of Art Critics), Bowery Arts & Sciences, and Art Omi International. She is a fellow and Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the CUE Foundation.