Jenn Nkiru is a Grammy Award-winning artist and director from London, recognized for her visionary work across film and art. Her works have been showcased internationally at institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles, Tate Modern, ICA London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane, among others. Her work is also part of the MoMA archives. In 2019, she was selected as one of 75 artists for the Whitney Biennial.

Nkiru won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Music Video for her direction of Brown Skin Girl by Beyoncé, earning additional accolades including CICLOPE, Soul Train, Cannes Lion, and NAACP awards. Her film OUT / SIDE OF TIME is currently featured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room.

In December 2022, Nkiru made her television directorial debut with Random Acts of Flyness Season 2, directing two episodes for the HBO series. In January 2023, she was named one of Variety’s “10 Brits to Watch.”

In 2024, she directed the critically acclaimed and three-time award-winning Get Lit for Kamasi Washington and George Clinton.

2025 marks the launch of her imprint, MOTHERSHIP, and the international premiere of her feature documentary debut, THE GREAT NORTH, executive produced under her MOTHERSHIP banner.