ESHOVO is a multimedia artist from Prince George's County, Maryland via Edo State, Nigeria. He spent 2006 - 2014 performing solo compositions and collaborations, as well as with his band and comedic group in DC and other cities in the Northeast U.S. He continued performing in Chicago after relocating in 2014. Along with Tony Cruise, he co-founded the sound art agency Et Cetera Labs. He has released several singles and EPs on digital; as well as three albums: “In Neutral” (2012), #000000 (2015), and “Listening or of Empathy and Echo” (2018) which included an artist book.
Although consumed by music, he is also interested in noise, spatial-sound design, and loud music in small speakers.
BFA 2018, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Performances/Exhibitions: (Chicago) Blanc Gallery, The Empty Bottle, The Print Lounge, Elastic Arts, The VCR, Chicago Filmmakers, Comfort Station. (DC) The Fridge, The Velvet Lounge, Ian’s Basement, Tree House Lounge, In It Together Festival, George Washington University, Skidmore College, University of Maryland Awards: Jury Prize with Mason Olonadé, Chicago Filmmakers
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"ESHOVO makes space in the cracks between genres, blending noise, cinematic atmosphere, and off-the-wall sampling across a universe of albums and singles that stretch back to 2013. He truly takes off on his 2018 project Listening or Of Empathy and Echo, where his sprawling sensibilities collide for an expedition into a loud mind that’s tired of existing in silence."
