Victor Ehikhamenor
b. 1970, Nigeria
Victor Ehikhamenor (b. 1970, Udomi-Uwessan, Nigeria) lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria. He holds an MFA in Fiction and an MSc from the University of Maryland (2004; 2008), and a BA from Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria (1991). In 2022 he was commissioned to create a large scale installation, Still Standing, in St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Enigma of Time Remembered, Maruani Mercier (2024); REFUGE, Lagos Biennial, Nigeria (2024); Rites of Passage, Gagosian, London (2023); Free the Wind, The Spirit, and the Sun, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London (2023); Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, London (2023); amongst others. His immersive installations include those at Pinakothek Der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2021); The Nigerian Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (2017); and the 12th Dak’art Biennale, Senegal (2016), amongst others. His collections include The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; The High Museum, Atlanta, GA; the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK; Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland; The Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin, Germany; The Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece; The Museum of World Art, The Netherlands; Yemisi Shyllon Museum, Lagos, Nigeria; and The MARKK Museum, Hamburg, Germany; amongst others.