Eyenga Bokamba

Eyenga Bokamba is an artist and educator born in Madison, WI and based in Minneapolis. Eyenga is committed to a rigorous exploration of multimedia abstract painting in which she creates large-scale immersive paintings and installations for purposes of the reconsideration of possibility in all realms. Eyenga has shown her work in the Venice Biennale, at Frieze Los Angeles and has had solo shows in New York City and Minneapolis. International artist fellowships include Esperienza in Pennabilli, Italy and the Rural Residency for Contemporary Art (RUC) in Lombardy, Italy.

Eyenga is dedicated to resourcing choice, voice and joy in her work as an artist and as a community leader working at the intersection of experiential education, civic engagement and the arts. Eyenga currently serves as the Director of the Minnesota Institute for Trauma-Informed Education (MITIE), which was launched in 2021 as a joint partnership of the University of St. Thomas School of Education and Morrison Family College of Health to provide an arena for scholars, practitioners, and researchers to convene and learn about the best practices in trauma-informed education. Prior to this appointment, Eyenga served as the Executive Director of Intermedia Arts and as the Director of Menlo Park Academy, both in Minneapolis.

Eyenga is a recipient of a Bush Leadership Fellowship and has been inducted into the National Association of Women Artists. She holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and an M.Ed. from Harvard University.