Bubu Ogisi

Bubu Ogisi (born 1987 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian fibre artist, multidisciplinary artist, fashion designer, and curator whose work explores identity, materiality, spirituality, and indigenous textile production in West African societies.

Early life and education Bubu Ogisi grew up in multiple cities globally, including London, Lagos, Accra, and Paris. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Regent University, Accra, Ghana, and a Master of Arts in Fashion Business from Ecole Superieure des Art et Technique de la Mode (ESMOD) in Paris, France.

Artistic practice Ogisi's work aims to decolonize the mind and question inherited socio-political narratives, particularly those related to post and neo-colonialism. She creates wearable art and installation pieces using organic and unconventional fibres, integrating ancient textile traditions from the African continent. Her art manipulates elements such as gravity, light, color, mass, and transparency to express the infinite transformations and materiality iterations of the body and textiles. This approach foregrounds themes of rawness, anti-finishing (as a critique of Eurocentrism), and functionality

Her oeuvre examines identity, memory, and transcendence, weaving indigenous knowledge systems together with contemporary aesthetics to reflect the complex histories of the African diaspora. Ogisi also uses her platform to question subjects like religion, gender, traditional symbolism, tribal identities, magic, and ecological futures.

Professional roles and collaborations Ogisi is the creative director of IAMISIGO, a contemporary womenswear brand that embodies her artistic and cultural concerns. She is also a member of the art collective hFACTOR. Her work has been exhibited in several contemporary art venues, including a collaboration with Tamibé Bourdanné shown at the FNB Art Joburg Fair in 2024.

Selected exhibitions 2025: Recipient of the Zalando Visionary Award 2025: ART X Fair 2025: Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion, Barbican, London 2024: I.AM.ISIGO, Digital Mystery System, Ars Electronica, Linz 2024: Synthetic Dreams & Obsession as Practice, FNB Art Joburg, 16/16 Gallery, Johannesburg 2023: Biennale für Kunsthandwerk und Design, Tel Aviv 2023: New Material, Gallery 1957, Accra 2022: You Can't See Me, CCA Lagos Fashion week 2022: I am Not Myself, Tetley, Leeds 2022: Spirituality in Materiality, Art X Lagos 2022: Afrika Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2019: Play as Creation, Bubu Ogisi and Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu, ART x, Lagos 2019: unVeiled, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin/ Art Summit Nigeria, 2019. 2016: Fashion Cities Africa, Brighton Museum, Brighton

Fashion(Selected) Copenhagen Fashion Week – IAMISIGO SS26 Show Lagos Fashion Week – Spring 2026 Victoria's Secret – VS20 House of Lagos / Campaign Gods of the Wilderness" collection Bonde la Vivuli / Valley of Shadows CONFECTIONS × COLLECTIONS (Cape Town)

Archives

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Fondation d’Entreprise Martell, Cognac, France Barbican Centre, London, UK