Born in 1970, Saint Louis, United States.
Lives and works in Lagos, Nigeria.
Wura-Natasha Ogunji is a visual artist and performer. Her work includes drawing, painting, video, and public performance. She is deeply inspired by the daily interactions and rhythms of the city of Lagos, Nigeria, where she currently lives. Ogunji’s performances explore the presence of women in public space; they often involve investigations of labor, leisure, freedom, and frivolity.
Recent exhibitions include O Poder de Minhas Mãos, Sesc Pompeia, São Paulo, 2025; A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, Tate Modern, 2023–24; rīvus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, 2022; Diaspora at Home, Kadist Foundation, Paris, 2021; and The Power of My Hands: Afrique(s) artistes femmes, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, 2021. Ogunji was an artist-curator for the 33rd São Paulo Bienal, where her large-scale performance Days of Being Free premiered. She has also exhibited at Palais de Tokyo; the Lagos Biennial; Kochi-Muziris Biennale; Stellenbosch Triennale; Seattle Art Museum; Brooklyn Museum; and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. Ogunji is a recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Idea Fund.
Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD, USA
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C., USA
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX, USA
KADIST, Paris, France
