Immanuel Oni is a first-generation Nigerian-American artist and space doula living in New York City and raised in Houston, TX.
Oni’s work explores loss, legacy, and its deep connection with place. He has received awards from Art Omi, Mellon Foundation, the Laundromat Project, Columbia University, Design Trust for Public Space, NY State Council of the Arts, and is the FABnyc commissioned artist for the New York City Chrystie Street African Burial Ground Memorial. He is the co-founder and Creative Director of Liminal, a non-profit organization that works at the intersection of art, unity, and space.