Yemi Awosile is a designer living and working in London. Her work is informed by cultural insights expressed primarily through textiles and printed matter. The broader scope of her practice bridges design and visual arts through social interventions. Recent projects include collaborations with Tent Rotterdam, Tate Gallery, Contemporary And (C&) magazine, Design Museum, ICA, Crafts Council and British Council.
She trained as a textile designer at the Royal College of Art and Chelsea College of Art. She teaches textile design at Loughborough University in the School of the Arts and is currently working as an artist educator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Subversive Stitch Workshop | TJ Boulting Gallery | March 2019
New Store & Workshop Space Opening Soon | Feb 2019
Door to Design | Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Course | Schools & Families
Summer School 2019 | Tate Gallery | Schools & Teachers Programme
Pubic Art Commission | Public Hoarding Project
Thames Tideway Permanent Public Art Commission | London | Completion date 2022
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018
Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair - ArtLogic | Johannesburg | South Africa
Common Thread - Crafts Council | London | UK
Galerie Handwerk | Munich | Germany
De La Warr Pavilion | Bexhill-on-sea | UK
2017
Bernie Grant Art Centre | London | UK
4 Seasons | PEER - Offsight | London | UK
Africa by Design in association with Financial Times & Wallpaper Magazine | Accra | Ghana
Stanley Picker Gallery | Kingston | UK
2015
Estonian Academy of Arts | Tallinn | Estonia
Grand Arcade | Supported by Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture | London | UK
2014
Sample | Supported by Yevu Clothing | London | UK
Africa Utopia | Southbank Centre | London | UK
OSE Publication supported by AND Public + Hato Press | Peer Gallery | London | UK
Materia | Domotex Asia | Shanghai | China
Creo Collective | Designers Block | Birmingham | UK
Bark Cloth in Architecture, Arts and Design | UNESCO | IMM Cologne | Germany
2012
Tom Dixon Dock | London | UK
Centre Commercial | Concept Store | Supported by Veja | Paris | France
2011
Oxo Tower Barge House | London | UK
100% Design | London Design Festival | London | UK
2010
Variability | Brompton Quarter | London | UK
2009
Bricolage Project | Brixton Village | London | UK
Eco Home supported by SCIN Gallery | Geffrye Museum | London | UK
2008
Exploring Innovation | Royal College of Art | London | UK
Design for Future Sustainability + Innovation | The Belém Cultural Center | Lisbon | Portugal
2007
Global Cities in collaboration with British Architect Nigel Coats | Tate Modern | London
RESIDENCIES
De La Warr Pavilion Residency | Bexhill-on-Sea | UK | 2017
Tate Modern + Tate Britain Schools Workshop Artist-in Residence | London | UK | 2017-18
Stanley Picker Fellowship | London | UK | 2015
Institut Français | Paris | France | 2015
Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture | London | UK | 2014
The Cornubian Arts & Science Trust | Helston | Cornwall | UK | 2014
British Council | New Silk Road Project | Alhamra Gallery/ NCA | Lahore | Pakistan | 2010
WORKSHOPS & TALKS
Bloc Project | Sheffield | UK
Goldsmiths, University of London | UK
Institute of Contemporary Arts | London | UK
Lighthouse Progress Bar | Brighton | UK
Design Museum | Fashioning the New Normal | London | UK
Tate | London | UK
Inconformista | Camper Workshop | Mallorca | Spain
Victoria and Albert Museum | London | UK
Chelsea College of Art & Design | London | UK
Crafts Council | Revival Project | London | UK
British Council New Silk Road Project:
National College of Art | Lahore | Pakistan
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture | Karachi | Pakistan
Pakistan School of Fashion | Lahore | Pakistan
Beaconhouse School of Art | Lahore | Pakistan
Government Institute Polytechnique for Women | Karachi | Pakistan
AWARDS & GRANTS
Institut Français | Paris | France | 2015
British Council Development Grant | 2010
Institute of Material (IOM3) SPARK Research Grant | 2009
Design London | Imperial College Business Fellow | 2009
London Design Festival Fellowship | 2008
Valpak Sustainability Award | 2nd Prize | 2008
Design Cork Event | Joint 1st Prize | Netherlands | 2008
Marianne Straub Scholarship | 2007
Sir John Cass Scholarship | 2006