2019 - 2022
2015 - 2019
2005 - 2015
2025
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2019
2026
2022
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
education
Master Textile Design, Luca School of arts Ghent
Master Fine Arts, Luca School of arts Ghent
DKO, Academy Bruges
upcoming exhibitions
Here and then, now and there, Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)
Claude Viallat - Unravelled, gallery Christophe Gaillard, Brussels (BE)
Post Pollution, gallery Vriend Van Bavink, Amsterdam (NL)
past exhibitions
La Loba, Not Your muse space, Ghent (BE)
All you can eat, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL)
Kind Regards, online benefit sale for Palestina
Triënnale van Brugge, Poortersloge, Bruges (BE)
Museumplein, Artlead & S.M.A.K Gent, Ghent (BE)
As It, welcome to shelter , Ghent (BE)
Solo Exhibition ‘Traces of Dawn’, That’s what X said, Brussels (BE)
Group Exhibition, Antwerp (BE)
Flag Pole, 019 & Off the Grid, Leuven (BE)
I try to imagine how your texture felt like, Ypermuseum, Ypres (BE)
The Body Keeps the Score, Kunstenlab, Deventer (NL)
Stimulans, Paardenstallen, Kortrijk (BE)
Sugar for the Pill, De Studio, Antwerp (BE) 2022 Design Festival, Designmuseum, Ghent (BE)
Black history month, Ballon Rouge, Brussels (BE)
Stormopkomst Kunstenfestival, C-Mine, Genk (BE)
Open Studio following a residency, CASCO, Leuven (BE)
Solo Exhibition following a residency, BAC art lab, Leuven (BE)
Unblocked Tomorrow, CBKZO, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Exhibition ‘Under Their Stars’, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Key Figures, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent (BE)
Finis Terrae, Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
De Visite Filmfestival, Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)
Dutch Design Week, De Fabriek, Eindhoven (NL)
Grandly Ghostly, Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Graduation Show, Luca School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
Theater aan Zee, Ostend (BE)
Everything was better tomorrow, CC de ververij, Ronse (BE)
La mort des amants, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels (BE)
The kids are alright pt 1., Keen Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Nightwatch, FOMU, Antwerp (BE)
Tarot Editions, 019, Ghent (BE)
And Then It Doesn’t, Nina Stoupina, Ghent (BE)
The road to liberation, Black history month, TOKO139, Antwerp (BE)
Tell don’t show, Show don’t tell, Luca School of arts, Ghent (BE)
residencies
Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol (CH)
BAC Art lab, Leuven (BE)
CASCO, Leuven (BE)
media
other
Docent Textile Design Department, Luca School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
edition of 7 as part of Museumplein in collaboration with Artlead and S.M.A.K Ghent
Jury Visual Arts, Secundair Kunstinstiuut (Ottogracht)
Guestlecture at LUCA SCHOOL OF ARTS
Guestlecture at PXL MAD
Jury Interior Design first bachelor, Luca School of Arts
Jury Visual Arts, Secundair Kunstinstiuut (Ottogracht)
Stimulans Be Part award, Kortrijk (BE)
Workshop with children, Stormopkomst, C-Mine, Genk (BE)
Workshop with children, Artshizzle, S.M.A.K, Gent (BE)
Casco Leuven/Bac Art Lab award, (3-month residency ),(BE)
Commisioned work for Subbacultcha Christmas Special
Internship Everyday Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Studio Solitair, Debat, Rekto Verso Magazine
Master Textile Design, Luca School of arts Ghent
Master Fine Arts, Luca School of arts Ghent
DKO, Academy Bruges
upcoming exhibitions
Here and then, now and there, Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)
Claude Viallat - Unravelled, gallery Christophe Gaillard, Brussels (BE)
Post Pollution, gallery Vriend Van Bavink, Amsterdam (NL)
past exhibitions
La Loba, Not Your muse space, Ghent (BE)
All you can eat, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (NL)
Kind Regards, online benefit sale for Palestina
Triënnale van Brugge, Poortersloge, Bruges (BE)
Museumplein, Artlead & S.M.A.K Gent, Ghent (BE)
As It, welcome to shelter , Ghent (BE)
Solo Exhibition ‘Traces of Dawn’, That’s what X said, Brussels (BE)
Group Exhibition, Antwerp (BE)
Flag Pole, 019 & Off the Grid, Leuven (BE)
I try to imagine how your texture felt like, Ypermuseum, Ypres (BE)
The Body Keeps the Score, Kunstenlab, Deventer (NL)
Stimulans, Paardenstallen, Kortrijk (BE)
Sugar for the Pill, De Studio, Antwerp (BE) 2022 Design Festival, Designmuseum, Ghent (BE)
Black history month, Ballon Rouge, Brussels (BE)
Stormopkomst Kunstenfestival, C-Mine, Genk (BE)
Open Studio following a residency, CASCO, Leuven (BE)
Solo Exhibition following a residency, BAC art lab, Leuven (BE)
Unblocked Tomorrow, CBKZO, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Exhibition ‘Under Their Stars’, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Key Figures, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent (BE)
Finis Terrae, Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
De Visite Filmfestival, Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)
Dutch Design Week, De Fabriek, Eindhoven (NL)
Grandly Ghostly, Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Graduation Show, Luca School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
Theater aan Zee, Ostend (BE)
Everything was better tomorrow, CC de ververij, Ronse (BE)
La mort des amants, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels (BE)
The kids are alright pt 1., Keen Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Nightwatch, FOMU, Antwerp (BE)
Tarot Editions, 019, Ghent (BE)
And Then It Doesn’t, Nina Stoupina, Ghent (BE)
The road to liberation, Black history month, TOKO139, Antwerp (BE)
Tell don’t show, Show don’t tell, Luca School of arts, Ghent (BE)
residencies
Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol (CH)
BAC Art lab, Leuven (BE)
CASCO, Leuven (BE)
media
other
Docent Textile Design Department, Luca School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
edition of 7 as part of Museumplein in collaboration with Artlead and S.M.A.K Ghent
Jury Visual Arts, Secundair Kunstinstiuut (Ottogracht)
Guestlecture at LUCA SCHOOL OF ARTS
Guestlecture at PXL MAD
Jury Interior Design first bachelor, Luca School of Arts
Jury Visual Arts, Secundair Kunstinstiuut (Ottogracht)
Stimulans Be Part award, Kortrijk (BE)
Workshop with children, Stormopkomst, C-Mine, Genk (BE)
Workshop with children, Artshizzle, S.M.A.K, Gent (BE)
Casco Leuven/Bac Art Lab award, (3-month residency ),(BE)
Commisioned work for Subbacultcha Christmas Special
Internship Everyday Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Studio Solitair, Debat, Rekto Verso Magazine
picture by Joselito Verschaeve
Lisa Ijeoma’s intricate hand-sewn patchworks are part of an ongoing research on her intersectional identity. In an attempt to challenge historical stereotypes, objectification, and exploitation of the black female body, her patchworks portray both universal and personal experiences.
Born in Bruges, Belgium (°1997), with Nigerian roots, her figurative compositions take the viewer through imaginary landscapes often veiled in a looming blue hue. Her collages may depict as particularly calm or peaceful, their backstory is usually not. Beginning her career with a master’s in fine arts painting, she felt the need for a broader spectrum of media to voice her experiences and finished her second masters in Textile design not long after.
Her earliest textile works were conceived during the isolating lockdowns in 2019 and the aftermath of the murder on George Floyd, capturing nightscapes relating to police violence. Often referencing scenes and experiences of fear and trauma, she uses the repetitive motion of hand sowing in a healing manner.
After receiving her degree, she also started researching handwoven Jacquard as a way to illustrate gendered labor in a social-political context, where the repetitive movement becomes a pretext for a deeper understanding of the construction
of trauma, identity, questions around gender stereotypes and racial prejudice.