Ekene Ijeoma

Ekene Ijeoma is an interdisciplinary artist who researches social, political, and environmental systems, developing multimedia works that expose inequities and empower communities using cultural symbols and technological tools. Working at a monumental yet intimate scale, his practice spans participatory land works, interactive light installations, data-driven sculptures and performances, text-based videos and flags, and sample-based sound works.

Ijeoma’s work has been presented by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Getty Museum, the Onassis Foundation, Van Alen Institute, Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and Museum of Modern Art. His work has also been supported by the Architectural League of New York, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Creative Capital, Map Fund, and Wave Farm.

From 2019 to 2024, Ijeoma founded and directed Poetic Justice, the first artist-led, art-focused lab at MIT. Poetic Justice, reimagined social justice through the arts by realizing poetic gestures at systemic scales. In 2022, he founded Black Forest, an initiative that is developing partnerships with governments, organizations, and communities to plant over 40,000 trees for Black lives across all 50 states by 2034.