Born and raised in London, Ovyuki is a poet, spoken word artist, host, photographer, and producer. She is known for her unique approach to poetry, including her spoken word, blending the flavours of the 90’s era influence of spoken word and hip hop bringing forth a futuristic sound to her audience.

Born and raised in London, Ovyuki is an author, poet, photographer, voiceover artist, and founder of the poetry business Hidden Literature, through which she cultivates a vibrant creative community via open mics, workshops, and collaborative projects.

She has worked with respected organisations including The O2, American Express, the National Trust, Firmoo, Barking & Dagenham Libraries and many more, delivering poetry projects and events for both local communities and corporate audiences.

Ovyuki regularly performs her poetry, offers bespoke writing services, and facilitates workshops and open mic events, with recent partners including the National Trust and Grow, Hackney.

The Royal Society of Literature has featured Ovyuki’s poetry in the #WriteAcrossLondon project. Showcasing the creativity of Londoners and celebrating the power of poetry to bring us together in times of isolation.

Ovyuki’s debut single ‘Call on the Healers’ addresses life during the outbreak of Covid-19, exploring the effects of the global pandemic and quarantine. She combined the release of her debut single with a visual presentation of a Covid-19 lockdown street photography series, which captures life on the streets of London, UK during the peak of the lockdown restrictions. Ovyuki captured this photography series during the time when individuals or members of the same household were only allowed to leave the house for one form of exercise per day, for example, a walk or run, for a maximum of one hour, and essential shopping only.

Passionate about art and photography as well as writing, her latest illustrations feature in her latest book, We Don’t Need Sleep to Dream. Her spoken word and music has been streamed over 100,000 times across platforms.

She is currently developing new poetry collections, spoken word projects, and continues to work on poetry-related endeavours and other artistic ventures. 

Learn more at www.ovyuki.com and hiddenliterature.com.