EDUCATION
2024 MFA: The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2022 BFA: University of Ottawa, ON
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2025 Volunteer at New York Design Club, Remote
2024 Internship at Van Der Plas Gallery, New York
2024 Volunteer at Daisha Board Gallery, Dallas
2024 Workshop at The FourtuneHouse Arts Center, Title: Spectrum of Expression
2024 Production Designer at The Black Sheep Collective. Creating a quilt for sexual abuse survivors. Involves advanced design and textile skills.
2024 Teaching Assistant at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Course Title: Oil Painting
2023 Teaching Assistant at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Course Titles: Repertoire •Oil Painting •Fashion–Sewing Techniques: Fundamentals •Fashion Construction
2023 Classroom Assistant at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Course Titles: Color Theory •Fashion Studio
2022 Live Interactive Painting at The Drake Hotel, Toronto
2021 Mural Artist at The University of Ottawa
2021 Free Lance Graphic Designer at The University of Ottawa
ACHIEVEMENTS
2024 Municipal Art League Fellowship Award
2024 Odyssey Travel Grant Award
2023 Eco Echo: Voices from the Past Proposal 3D signage project: Made it to the 2nd round for the World Trade Center, New York (One of 5 artists selected)
2022 Suzzane Rivard-Le Moyne Award
2021 Emerging Artists to Watch, Online edition, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. https://toaf.ca/news-releases/get-to-know-this-years-award-recipients/
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Winged Feet Exhibition & Auction, Hop Arts Center, Massachusetts
2024 The Common Thread Project, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2024 Graduate Exhibition, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2024 From Blue, to Bright, Fourtunehouse Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Pictures Of Nothing, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2023 Dopamining, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2023 Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, Chelsea, NY
2023 Embodied Knowledge, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2023 Black Heritage Month, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2023 Black and White, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2023 Intense Tactile, Online Edition, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
2023 Color, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Perennial Hug, North Shore Gallery, Glenview, IL
2022 Annual December Juried Show, SOAG, Ithaca, NY
2022 101, Base Space (SAIC), Chicago, IL
2022 2nd Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga
2022 Constellate / Consteller at the Department of Visual Arts, University of Ottawa (Undergraduate Exhibition)
2022 How I Love You, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2022 Summer Lounge, Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2022 People Patterns, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2022 The Pique spring edition, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2021 Visual voices, Online Edition, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
2021 Le Mapping, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
2019 Portrait Plates, Gallery 115, Ottawa, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Mesoma Onyeagba, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT Solo Show
PUBLICATIONS
Yale Daily News, Solo Show ♡ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/09/12/ely-center-of-contemporary-art-showcases-naturememory-and-cultural-identity-in-three-new-shows/
The Visualist (Multiple Exhibitions), https://thevisualist.org/tag/mesoma-onyeagba/
Vanguard News Nigeria: Vogue Forces of Fashion, https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/famous-paintings-vogue-forces-of-fashion-mesoma-onyeagba/
Women United Art Magazine | ISSUE IV https://www.womenunitedartmovement
Virtual Art Tour with TOAF, https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cfzx9RzJofJ/?igsh=Yzdlb215M2NvcWpw
The Common Thread Project (Quilt Designer), https://freetheblacksheep.com/The-Common-Thread-Project. •Chicago News weekly https://www.cnwmedia.com/article/common-thread
Colours in Harmony, https://www.nosymag.ca/articles/colours-in-harmony-inside-the-world-of-mesoma-onyeagba
Meeting Mesoma, https://www.debaser.ca/news/meeting-mesoma
New American Paintings, MFA Annual Issue, https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/issues/165
The Drake Hotel, https://www.thedrake.ca/events/table-drawing-at-the-drake-hotel/
Artists Seek The Knowledge Within, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/ely_center_embodied_knowledge
Vogue Forces of Fashion, https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/inside-forces-of-fashion-2023 Photo: 47/65 by Hunter Abrams
