Nkem Okwechime is a Scottish-Nigerian visual artist and printmaker based in Glasgow, working across screenprint, installation, and expanded print practices. His work explores identity, perception, and the complexities of diasporic experience, engaging with the psychological and social tensions between self-definition and external projection.

He graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2022 with a First-Class BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking and was awarded the Glasgow Print Studio Prize. Since then, he has developed a research-led practice that combines material processes with conceptual enquiry, drawing on both personal experience and archival investigation.

In 2025, Okwechime undertook a residency with the National Museum of Scotland, where he developed the Okolo series through sustained engagement with African collections. This body of work reflects on cultural memory, displacement, and the layered construction of identity within institutional contexts.

His work has been exhibited across the UK and internationally, including presentations in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Lagos. He has exhibited with Fresco Gallery Lagos, widely recognised as West Africa’s first dedicated printmaking gallery, in both 2023 and 2025, and was featured at Lagos Art X in 2025. He has also been commissioned by Perth Museum, contributing to exhibitions that foreground underrepresented narratives and contemporary perspectives.

Alongside his studio practice, Okwechime works in education and public engagement, delivering workshops and talks with organisations including Dundee Contemporary Arts, Edinburgh Printmakers, the National Museum of Scotland, and Perth Museum. His approach to facilitation extends his practice into collaborative and participatory contexts, with a focus on accessibility and knowledge exchange.

He is also the founder of M.R.L.C (est. 2018), an independent clothing label that operates as an extension of his artistic practice, bridging visual art, print culture, and contemporary design.