Tolulope Ami-Williams

Tolulope Ami-Williams is a Lagos-based multidisciplinary artist, born in 1997. She graduated from the Art at Yaba College of Technology in 2018, where she trained in performance art under Dr. Odun Orimolade and received mentorship from Jelili Atiku. Currently, she is pursuing a Master's degree in Contemporary Performance at the Manchester School of Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Since 2016, Tolulope has been featured in numerous Lagos community festivals, including the Iwaya Community Art Biennle, the Artists Cross Road Festival, and Boju Boju Night. In 2022, her exhibition Harmony in Discord—a blend of performance and installation—was showcased at the Alliance Française in Lagos. She also participated in the Rele Art Foundation’s Young Contemporaries boot camp and residency, where she created The Battle for Oneness, which was exhibited in Ekiti State. That same year, she was a finalist in the prestigious Access Art X Prize.

In 2023, Tolulope's performance art explored themes of decolonizing restitution at Yinka Shonibare's Gas Foundation, curated by Dr. Mahret Kupka. Her work is also part of ALT + SHIFT + ENTER, a multi sensory group exhibition curated by Art Bridge Project at Untitled Gallery. Additionally, she performed Bodies and Borders, as part of her larger body of work titled Knit My Broken Bones Together, at Treehouse Lagos, curated by Tracian Mikel.

Tolulope is a 2023-2024 Chevening Scholar and was awarded the 2023 Prince Claus Fund Seed Award, being one of only three Nigerians selected among the 100 global awardees.