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MILA OKONKWO

A R T I S T / S T A T E M E N T Sculptor, image-maker, professional rearranger of weird objects. I work in steel, sound, and screenshots. Mostly bigger than you'd expect.
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Selected
Work*

[001] / 47 PIECES
SCULPTURE
2025 / weathering steel14 ft

Ascension (After Hours)

Public commission / Bryant Park

DIGITAL
2024 / lenticular printedition of 12

Buffer / 404

Series: feed states

BRONZE ► HEAD/TOPPER.001
2025 / cast bronze9 in

Head Topper

Tabletop edition of 30

PAINTING
2024 / acid green series72 × 48 in

Refresh, Refresh, Refresh

Oil on aluminum

EDITION
2024 / bronze + marbleedition of 12

Night Dream

Genesis series

PAPER SOFT SOFT 04/12 ⌁ soft hard SOFT hard
2023 / silkscreen on ragedition of 25

SOFT / not soft

Works on paper

About

[002] / WHO IS THIS

I make things too big for the room and too quiet for the internet. Sculpture for people who scroll at 2am. Steel that remembers being a screenshot.

◐ Based: Manhattan / Studio: LIC BFA Alfred University 2017 Represented (US): Pacing

Shows
& Press

[003] / 2017 — NOW
2026 Surface Tension IV SOLO Pacing Gallery, Chelsea NYC, US →
2025 Heavy Light GROUP Kunsthalle Düsseldorf DE →
2025 Ascension PUBLIC Bryant Park Commission NYC, US →
2024 Feed States SOLO Mendes Wood DM SAO PAULO, BR →
2024 Material Witness GROUP The Kitchen NYC, US →
2023 Golem COMMISSION Harlem Hospital (permanent loan) NYC, US →
2023 New Contemporaries ICA London LONDON, UK →
2022 Lagos Biennial National Theatre, Iganmu LAGOS, NG →
Section 04 — get in touch / hire / argue / collab
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Studio

34-12 Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, NY 11106

Email

studio@milaokonkwo.com press@milaokonkwo.com

Representation

Pacing Gallery (US)
Mendes Wood DM (BR)
Sadie Coles HQ (UK)

Elsewhere

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