This autumn, New York-based artist and poet Precious Okoyomon comes to CHERUBY for a residency. During this time, Okoyomon will research robot-assisted sensing, continuing their recent animatronic works that make sculptures “breathe”, alongside research into local food and plants. Through poetry gatherings, open studios and other public programmes, CHERUBY will share their ongoing practice with the public.

About the Artist:

Precious Okoyomon (b. 1993, London) is a Nigerian-American artist and poet who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Working across installation, sculpture, text, and performance, they build immersive environments from living and dying organic matter — soil, plants, water, blood, and live animals — in which ecological history, colonial violence, and Black queer experience are held within the conditions of growth and decay. Their practice treats the natural world not as backdrop but as an active participant in political and spiritual inquiry.

Past solo exhibitions include:

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.

Past group exhibitions include:

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.