Precious Okoyomon

Precious Okoyomon Poet and visual artist Credits © Victor&Simon - Mariano Bocanegra Precious Okoyomon was in residence at LUMA Arles from october to december 2020. 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; the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Performance Space New York, New York; the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Madrid Foundation, Madrid; The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz. They were included in the Baltic Triennial 13, Tallinn; the 58th Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade; the 59th Venice Biennale, Venice; the 2022 Okayama Art Summit, Okayama; the 11th Sequences Biennial, Reykjavik; the 2023 Thailand Biennial, Chiang Rai, as well as in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; LUMA Westbau, Zurich; Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin; LUMA Arles, Arles; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Nigerian Pavillion, 60th Venice Biennale, Venice; Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz. Okoyomon’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt and LUMA Arles. 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. See more On this page Exhibition(s) / Event(s) Watch, read, listen Related Exhibition(s) / Event(s) It's Urgent! From June 27, 2020 to September 27, 2020 View page The Impermanent Display II From April 14, 2022 to April 10, 2023 View page Environmental History II From May 27, 2023 to May 28, 2023 View page Dance with Daemons From May 1, 2025 to November 2, 2025 View page Watch, read, listen Interview with Precious Okoyomon Artists’ Interviews 2022 ~ 4 min Exhibition , Biodiversity Interview with Precious Okoyomon (2025) Artists’ Interviews 2025 ~ 4 min Exhibition , Biodiversity Curious to explore a new profile? Browse the A-Z