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Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson

Education

1999
Born in Los Angeles, California
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
2020
Silver Art Projects Residency at 4 World Trade Center, New York, NY
2017
NYU Gallatin, Art History and Environmental Design, New York, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024
"Songs About War," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2023
"A Witness to the Rub", Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
"Wali’s Farm", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos, Nigeria
2022
"After me, the flood," Derek Eller Gallery, New York City, NY
"Everything go scatter," Tiwani Gallery, London, UK
"OMG (how to find God)," Fergus McCaffrey, Saint Barthelemy
2021
"Olisaemeka," Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Jaga-Jaga," Freedom Gallery. New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
"Seven/Seven: The Fraught Landscape," Fergus McCaffrey. Tokyo, Japan
"Narrative Minds," Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
"Poetic Sustenance, Ryan Christopher, Miranda Forrester, Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson," Tiwani Gallery, London, UK
"The Loneliest Sport, Spazio Amanita Gallery," New York, NY
"Animal Instincts," Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

Bibliography

2022
“Our Selection of Galleries to Visit During London Gallery Weekend.” 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair, February 2
2021
Bogojev, Sasha. “The Loneliest Sport Group Exhibition @ Spazio Amanita, NYC.” Juxtapoz Magazine, November 16
Weiss, Lois. “Empty NYC office floors are taking on new life as art studios.” New York Post, April 22
Petrarca, Emilia. “A Rooftop Artists’ Salon: Figure drawing alfresco.” Vulture, April 15
Fergus McCaffrey. "Seven/Seven: The Fraught Landscape." Mutual Art, January 20