Ha studiato presso il College of Arts and Crafts ad Oakland, California (1979-80); nel 1983 si trasferisce a Londra per iscriversi alla Central School of Art and Design. Successivamente, ne 1986, termina gli studi presso il Royal College of Art di Londra conseguendo il diploma in scultura.
Le sue opere sono prevalentemente sculture in acciaio. Alcuni dei suoi lavori fanno parte della collezione permanente dello Smithsonian e del British Museum di Londra.
Ha esposto in diverse gallerie del mondo. Tra le mostre personali degne di nota sono: Spirits in Steel - The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade realizzata presso l'American Museum of Natural History, New York (1998-9); Imagined Steel presso The Lowry Arts Centre, Manchester (2002-03).
È sposata con l'architetto Alan Camp.
Ha partecipato a mostre in tutto il mondo.
Esposizioni personali
1982 Alali (Festival Time) - Africa Centre, London
1984 Artist of the Day - Angela Flowers, London
1987 Sculpture in collaboration with Sekiapu dance troop - Africa Centre, London
1987 Royal Festival Hall, London; Commonwealth Institute, London; Museum of Mankind, London
1988 Alali Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool and City of Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery
1988-89 Echoes of the Kalabari, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1990 New Work, Sue Williams Gallery, London
1991 Market People, Chelsea Arts Club, London
1991 Marcus and Marcus Gallery, Amsterdam
1992 Sue Williams Gallery, London
1992 Urban Women, South Bank Centre
1993 Steel Clothes and Ornamentation, Redfern Gallery, London
1994 Peopling of London, Museum of London
1994 Urban Walk, Barbican Centre, London
1995 Contemporary African Art Gallery, New York, USA
1995-96 Play and Display, Museum of Mankind, London
1996 Steel Stories, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
1997 National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
1998 Echolot, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany
1998 American Museum of National History, U.S.A
1998 American Museum of Natural History, New York USA
1998-99 Spirits in Steel: The Art of the Kalabari Masquerade, American Museum of Natural History, NY
1999 National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA
2000 Knots of the Human Heart, Morley Gallery, London
2002 Imagined Steel, The Lowry Arts Centre, Manchester
2003 Imagined Steel, Oriel Mostyn Gallery
2003 Imagined Steel, Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester
2003 Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, UK
2004 Sculptures, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
1981 Amy Sadur Friedlander Prize
1982 Saatchi & Saatchi Award
1983 Princess of Wales Scholarship and Henry Moore Bursary
2000 Commonwealth
2005 Awarded CBE
2006 Honorary Fellow of University of the Arts London
1991 Africa Explores. The Center for African Art. PP 189 & P 220
1993 Revue Noir. Nr. 2, PP. 30–42
1993 Kunstforum Nr. 122 Afrika-Iwalewa. PP. 250 – 253
1995 Around and Around. Galerie Peter Herrmann, NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art
1998 Vielfaches Echo. Catalogue, Galerie Peter Herrmann, P. 119
2001 Triennale der Kleinplastik. Afrika-Europa. Stuttgart. Catalogue. P. 64 - 65
2002 Afrikanische Kunst. Dr. Stefan Eisenhofer & Karin Guggeis. Deutscher Kunstverlag. P. 141