Onyeka Igwe
An image from Ungentle, one of the productions that also features Onyeka Igwe.
Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe is an artist filmmaker, programmer and researcher.

She lives and works in London.

In her non-fiction video work Onyeka uses dance, voice, archive and text to expose a multiplicity of narratives. The work explores the physical body and geographical place as sites of cultural and political meaning.

Her video works have shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, The Showroom, London, articule, Montreal and Trinity Square Video, Toronto as well as at the London, Edinburgh Artist Moving Image, Rotterdam International and Hamburg film festivals.

Ungentle

Ungentle

2022

A Radical Duet

A Radical Duet

2023

Sylvie’s Monologue

2023

The Miracle on George Green

The Miracle on George Green

2022

Another Step Forward

2020

Notes on dancing with the archive

2023

8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel

8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel

2021

Her Name in My Mouth

Her Name in My Mouth

2018