Overview
Ranti Bam (b. 1982, Lagos, Nigeria) received her MA from The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design and a diploma in ceramics from City Lit, London.
 
In 2023, Bam was commissioned to produce a series of Ifas for the Liverpool Biennial in the United Kingdom.  She recently had a solo exhibition, Anima, at the James Cohan Gallery, New York and her work has been featured in group exhibitions such as Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection (2023) Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, and Hard/Soft: Textiles and Ceramics in Contemporary Art (2023), Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria.
 
Bam’s work is represented in the public collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Contemporary Art Society, London; Chazen Museum of Arts, Wisconsin; High Museum, Atlanta; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, the Princeton University Museum and the Fondation Thalie.
 
Bam will have a residency at Black Rock Senegal in early 2025
Exhibitions
Works
  • Black Grog Ifa
    Black Grog Ifa
  • Red Grog Ifa
    Red Grog Ifa
  • Ifa Horizon
    Ifa Horizon
  • Hybrid Ifa
    Hybrid Ifa
  • Karahu
    Karahu
  • Koralli
    Koralli
  • Omioku
    Omioku
  • Fyki
    Fyki
  • Yyaari
    Yyaari
  • Four Leg Ifa
    Four Leg Ifa
  • Itura
    Itura
  • IFA (T3)
    IFA (T3)
  • Into Hearthland
    Into Hearthland
Press
Events
Art Fairs