Isabel Okoro (b. 2001, Lagos, Nigeria) is a visual artist currently based in Toronto, ON.
She is exploring the interactions between the motherland and the diaspora, and coined the term normatopia to describe a space which considers the tensions between a harsh reality and a utopia, and chooses to rest and thrive in the humanly achievable sweet spot that exists in the middle.
At the cornerstone of her practice is visualising and developing an imagined world, Eternity, as a space to immortalize community members through stories of speculative fiction that embrace her concept of normatopia.
Isabel holds a B.sc. in Neuroscience and Psychology (High Distinction) from the University of Toronto.
She co-founded the creative studio, local•global, and is currently the Creative Director.
Contact: isabelokoro@gmail.com
Selected Press
Vogue, CBC News, Republic Journal, It’s Nice That, Bubblegum Club Magazine, Dazed, i-D
Selected Clients
, SSENSE, KOTN, Vitaly, Spencer Badu, The Face Magazine, Dazed, Essence, US Vogue, Havana Club, Atmos
Books
Exhibitions
2024
Residencies, Awards, and Honours
Public Collections
More
She is exploring the interactions between the motherland and the diaspora, and coined the term normatopia to describe a space which considers the tensions between a harsh reality and a utopia, and chooses to rest and thrive in the humanly achievable sweet spot that exists in the middle.
At the cornerstone of her practice is visualising and developing an imagined world, Eternity, as a space to immortalize community members through stories of speculative fiction that embrace her concept of normatopia.
Isabel holds a B.sc. in Neuroscience and Psychology (High Distinction) from the University of Toronto.
She co-founded the creative studio, local•global, and is currently the Creative Director.
Contact: isabelokoro@gmail.com
Selected Press
Vogue, CBC News, Republic Journal, It’s Nice That, Bubblegum Club Magazine, Dazed, i-D
Selected Clients
, SSENSE, KOTN, Vitaly, Spencer Badu, The Face Magazine, Dazed, Essence, US Vogue, Havana Club, Atmos
Books
- Friends in Eternity, Self-Published
colour and feel studio, 2022
Exhibitions
2024
- Solo - Colour and Feel - Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto ON
- Group - Summer Group Show - Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto ON
- Solo - Constructing Eternity - FÁBRICA, Mexico City MX
- Solo - it’s real, i watched it happen - Nuit Blanche, Toronto ON
- Solo - Matters of the Heart - Ninth Editions, Toronto ON
- Group - Dancing in the Light - Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto ON
- Group - Home as Corpus - Strada Gallery, New York NY
- Group - MANIFOLD Deluxe - FF Projects at Frieze Mayfair, London UK
- Solo - magic dreams - The Gallery at Mason Studio, Toronto ON
- Group - BLACK_BOX - Trinity Square Video, Toronto ON
- Group - MANIFOLD - FF Projects, London UK
- Duo - Is Love a Synonym for Abolition? - Gallery 44, Toronto ON
- Group - We Buy Gold - Gallery TPW, Toronto ON
Residencies, Awards, and Honours
- 2024 - Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts (TFVA) Prize recipient
- 2023 - FÁBRICA Artist-in-Residence, Mexico City MX
- 2022 - FLDWRK x DesignTO ‘6ft (a)part’ Designer-in-Residence, Toronto ON
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2021 - Getty Images ‘Definition Future’ Prize recipient
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2021 - Gallery 44 Artist-in-Residence, Toronto ON
- 2020 - Authority Collective ‘Lit List’ Finalist
Public Collections
- Art Gallery of Ontario
More
- Nia Centre for the Arts - Bonded Accross Time Mural
- Daise App - Workshop
- Artscape Daniel’s Launchpad - all good things must firstly begin - Workshop