Grants/Awards/Residencies

Peabody Essex Museum Residency, MA. 2010
North Park University Faculty Project Grant. 2008
Residency at Instituto Rural de Arte Hoz del Jucar, Spain. 2007
Artist Full Fellowship at Global Art Village, Delhi, India. 2007
Residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine. 2007
UNESCO-Aschberg Fellowship for Artists (Gruber Jez Foundation, Mexico). 2007
Red Gate Residency, Beijing, China. 2006
North Park University Research Award. 2005
SFAI Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM. 2005
Graduate Assistantship, University of Iowa. 2005
Emma McAllister Novel Scholarship, University of Iowa. 2004
Teaching Assistantship, University of Iowa. 2002-2005
Valedictorian (Fine Arts), University of Nigeria. 1999
First prize, UNIFEM Women’s Art Contest, Lagos, Nigeria. 1994
First prize, UNICEF African Child’s Day Art Contest, Mbabane, Swaziland. 1993