Nwando Ebizie

An unclassifiable polymath, British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist Nwando Ebizie fabulates speculative fictions and alternate realities at the intersection of live art, experimental music and multi-sensory installation. She proposes new myths, rituals and provocations for perceptual change, radical care and transformation of the self and community, drawing from science fiction, Black Atlantic ritual cultures, biophilia, neuroscience, her own neurodivergence and Nigerian heritage.

Commissions include compositions for London Sinfonietta, Aurora Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Zubin Kanga, Opera North, Sky Arts, Juliet Fraser, Juice Vocal Ensemble, The Hermes Experiment, Estuary Festival, Yarmonics and Radiophrenia.

She was awarded a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award, an Oram Award and the Steve Reid Innovation Award. Her debut album was released in 2022 on Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records to critical acclaim including features in The Wire. She self released her debut EP “The Passion of Lady Vendredi” on her own imprint Tears In The Rain records alongside a three-week run of shows at Soho Theatre. She has performed at clubs and festival stages worldwide as her art-pop alter-ego Lady Vendredi (a blaxploitation heroine from another dimension), including performances at Latitude festival, Kings Place, Barbican, Southbank Centre, Bonobo (Tokyo), Tempo_Festival (Rio de Janeiro), Blok (Zurich), and opening for Mykki Blanco, Peaches and Princess Superstar.

Her work, including live art gigs, sound art installations and curated happenings, has further been performed at Wellcome Collection, The Hepworth Wakefield, Science Gallery Melbourne, Tate Britain, ArtScience Museum in Singapore, Rewire 2023, donaufestival 2023 and She Makes Noise 2023.