• 2022 Arts Council England Award
• 2022 BEFFTA Award for Best Creative Personality 
• 2021 Picfair Mind The Lens Award
• 2021 Arts Council England Award
• 2020 Arts Council England Award
• 2019 Arts Council England Award 
• 2018 Fellow at Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
• 2018 RPS Nominee for RPS 100 heroines by The Royal Photographic Society England
• 2018 An Honourable mention award in the People-Portrait Category in International Photography Awards(IPA) New York. IPA is one of the world’s most prestigious photography award.

 

Exhibitions

• 2020 Come and See Fotographic Ife Nkili 1, Micklegate York, England
• 2019 Lifestyles and Portraiture Ife Nkili 1, Royal Photographic Society England, Grosvenor Estates 
• 2019 Look Photo Biennial  Ife Nkili 1, Open Eye Gallery Liverpool, England
• 2019 Photo London Fair Ife Nkili 1, Representation on the line: (Un)framing our identities, Royal Photographic Society England London, Somerset House London
• 2019 Representation on the line: (Un)framing our identities Ife Nkili 1, Royal Photographic Society England Hundred Heroines  – Chelsea, Doncaster and Blackpool, UK. 

 

Projects

• 2022 The Art of Grieving a visual series that explores grief following the sudden death of my Dad on the 3rd of April 2022
• 2021 Sis 2021 a visual series that explores the art of mental health associated with post lockdown unease and anxiety via the medium of photography, mixed media and film
• 2021 Luminscence a visual series that explores light and the mind of imagination which are my thoughts, messages, stories and ideas from my Chi. Chi in Igbo Cosmology is referred to as the “personal God,” the personal spirit of a person and the spirit which determines destiny (WORK IN PROGRESS)
• 2020 Sis 2020 a visual series documenting our personal experiences and emotions during the coronavirus outbreak and pandemic
• 2020 An Ode To Elysee a visual and textual series prompted by the various hairnets worn by black women one of which comes in a packaging branded “elysee”. The project explores the relationship Black women have with their hairnets, silk scarves, bonnets etc 
• 2019 I am not your mate a portrait and storytelling  series focused on 26 senior citizens based in London. The project documents their experiences, dreams and fears

 

Festivals

• 2021 Curator & Creative Director – Ife Nkili a Black women’s arts festival film celebrating the beauty of Black culture, identity and heritage, funded and supported by Arts Council England

 

Films 

• 2023 Nwanyịbụịfe an art and documentary feature exploring diasporic life, themes of identity, cultural heritage, social realities and global societal issues. Funded and supported by Arts Council England – POST PRODUCTION 
• 2024 Ijé Ụwá an anthology film – IN DEVELOPMENT

 

Press

• 2021 BBC Radio London LiisiFontaine, Noir Kringle and Chin We 
• 2019 Daily Trust Newspaper African culture, history, shape my stories – Chin We
• 2019 The Africa Show London A weekly radio show on African travel, fashion, film, photography & music
• 2018 CNN The Leading African heroine women photographers to follow

 

Talks

• 2019 PhotoForum London – Panel discussion: Diversity in Photojournalism with Anna Gordon, Chin We, Suzanne Plunkett and Helen Healy

 

Publications

• 2019 African Lens Publication, Volume 5  African Lens is a publication by Aaron Yeboah Jr that showcases and shares the diverse stories of Africa. The publication shines a light on the beauty, rich and diverse culture of Africa. My images/photographs  below 

 

Memberships

• Women Photograph  An evergreen catalogue of independent women photojournalists and visual storytellers
• World Press Photo An organisation connecting professionals and audiences through trustworthy visual journalism and storytelling

 

Publications

      An interesting collection of features with Chin We, click to read.

 

Contact

For general/work enquiries and collaborations. Please send an email to info.chinweart@gmail.com