Onome Otite is a London-based Artist. She received a BA Hons Degree in Film and Video from London College of Communication and has participated in 7 group shows and 2 solo shows in Europe and Canada.
Her work is inspired by collage and uses mixed materials to produce three-dimensional artworks that are distinctive in style. Borrowing elements from dance, fashion and world cultures her hand drawn figures are decorated with textiles and recycled materials that have been manipulated by hand.
Onome has won several awards and residencies, including the 2016 - 2018 Cockpit Art’s | Prince’s Trust Creative Careers Awards, the Evening Standard ‘Progress 1000’ Mentorship Programme and the Hotel Bloom! Art Residency in Brussels.
Onome has built her profile exhibiting and selling in specialised art and craft markets in the UK; and has reached an international audience through art residencies and exhibitions, mentoring from the British Fashion Council and participating in the British Council Cultural Exchange Programme in Accra, Ghana.
TASK: Use A4 paper and your leftover fabric scraps or recycled fabric scraps (you could even use tissue paper or kitchen paper that your have drawn onto if working at home) to make your own Onome Otite illustrations for 3 outfits from your collection. Examples of Otite's work below.