Ifeoma E.

About Ifeoma E.

Ifeoma is a Brooklyn based designer and urbanist with a track record in transforming urban spaces into platforms for equity and design excellence. She is Principal of Creative Urban Alchemy an award winning design studio working at the intersection of art, architecture, urban design and planning centering cultural heritage in praxis. As Distinguished Lecturer for Design & Sustainability at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York she engages in research and teaches trans disciplinary courses exploring cultural, climate and environmental justice. With a career spanning two decades, she has significantly impacted urban design and development projects, partnering with prestigious institutions like the United Nations, FIFA, and the NYC Mayor’s Office. Ebo has served on advisory boards for the Mayor of Helsingborg, Sweden H22 Smart City Initiative, Association for Community Design, Museum of Modern Art, BlackSpace Urbanist Collective, New York State Energy and Research Development Authority, the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and Dark Matter U. Her work as an artist has been rooted in dynamic diasporic understandings of the Black experience and she has used her craft to advocate for, design/plan with and visually showcase the stories of communities of color. She has also situated her practice in a design justice philosophy in which she uses the process and product of design to forward the efforts of racial, social and cultural reparations. Through all of these efforts she strives to be an advocate for more just and equitable cities around the world.Her artwork has been exhibited at the Oakland Museum, Cornell University Willard Straight Hall Gallery, MIT Rotch Library Gallery, City College School of Architecture, and the African University of Science & Technology Center for the Advancement of Afrocentric Design. She has most recently received awards and fellowships from the Black Artists & Designers Guild, NYS Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Architectural League, and United States Artists.

Experience

1. Founding Principal Artist Urban Designer Planning Strategist

   Creative Urban Alchemy, Llc

   Jan 2020 — Present

   Creative Urban Alchemy LLC (CUA) is an award-winning design studio working at the intersection of art, architecture, urban design and planning centering cultural heritage and equity in praxis. Certified M/WBE with the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS)Certified M/WBE with the New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Minority and Women\'s Business Development

Education

• Regenesis Institute for Regenerative Practice

  Regenerative Practitioner Certificate

• Cornell University

  Bachelor of Architecture - BArch

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master in City Planning