Precious Okoyomon 

"All holes open, July 17, 2024", 2024
Rice paper, oil pasted, colored pencil
15 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches (39.1 x 46.7 cm)
Courtesy of the Artist
Photo credit: Daniel Terna

Selected by Rirkrit Tiravanija

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, 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. They were included in the 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. Okoyomon’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany and LUMA Arles, Arles, France. 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.