Adza Tarka is a Nigerian interdisciplinary designer based in London. Her work draws inspiration from participatory art, archival research and decolonial methodologies, prioritising an experimental practice-based approach. Projects include audiovisual installations, films, interactive theatre workshops, wearable musical instruments, and textbooks. These works are framed as resistive toolkits exploring cultural preservation, anti-surveillance, media archaeology, and accessible forms of knowledge production. Adza aims to create impactful experiences that empower audiences through critical engagement and creative contribution.
Exhibitions
(2025) Voidspace: Voidspace Live 2025, London, UK
(2025) Kontekst Collective: Kontekst Film Fest - Archive, London, UK
(2024) UAL, London College of Communication: MA Interaction Design Postgraduate Show, London, UK
(2024) Science Gallery London: Making-with, London, UK
(2021) Identity 2.0: This Machine is Black, Leicester, UK
Talks
(2025) 4S Conference 2025: Reverberations, Seattle, WA
Panel organizer & Co-chair for The More Than Human Arts
Presenter: “Soro Soke: Investigating interactive theatre as a tool for memorialising histories and futures of Nigerian resistance”
Education
(2023 - 2024) MA in Interaction Design - UAL, London College of Communication
(2018 - 2021) BEng in Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering - Queen Mary University of London
Press
Art Review feature for my work with Identity 2.0, as part of their exhibition, This Machine is Black
Instagram
@adza.tarka
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Exhibitions
(2025) Voidspace: Voidspace Live 2025, London, UK
(2025) Kontekst Collective: Kontekst Film Fest - Archive, London, UK
(2024) UAL, London College of Communication: MA Interaction Design Postgraduate Show, London, UK
(2024) Science Gallery London: Making-with, London, UK
(2021) Identity 2.0: This Machine is Black, Leicester, UK
Talks
(2025) 4S Conference 2025: Reverberations, Seattle, WA
Panel organizer & Co-chair for The More Than Human Arts
Presenter: “Soro Soke: Investigating interactive theatre as a tool for memorialising histories and futures of Nigerian resistance”
Education
(2023 - 2024) MA in Interaction Design - UAL, London College of Communication
(2018 - 2021) BEng in Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering - Queen Mary University of London
Press
Art Review feature for my work with Identity 2.0, as part of their exhibition, This Machine is Black
@adza.tarka
@nevertobeconfirmed
Email me!
Adza Tarka is a Nigerian interdisciplinary designer based in London. Her work draws inspiration from participatory art, archival research and decolonial methodologies, prioritising an experimental practice-based approach. Projects include audiovisual installations, films, interactive theatre workshops, wearable musical instruments, and textbooks. These works are framed as resistive toolkits exploring cultural preservation, anti-surveillance, media archaeology, and accessible forms of knowledge production. Adza aims to create impactful experiences that empower audiences through critical engagement and creative contribution.
Exhibitions
(2025) Voidspace: Voidspace Live 2025, London, UK
(2025) Kontekst: Kontekst Film Fest - Archive, London, UK
(2024) UAL, London College of Communication: MA Interaction Design Postgraduate Show, London, UK
(2024) Science Gallery London: Making-with, London, UK
(2021) Identity 2.0: This Machine is Black, Leicester, UK
Talks
(2025) 4S Conference 2025: Reverberations, Seattle, WA
Panel organizer & Co-chair for The More Than Human Arts
Presenter: “Soro Soke: Investigating interactive theatre as a tool for memorialising histories and futures of Nigerian resistance”
Education
(2023 - 2024) MA in Interaction Design - UAL, London College of Communication
(2018 - 2021) BEng in Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering - Queen Mary University of London
Press
Art Review feature for my work with Identity 2.0, as part of their exhibition, This Machine is Black
Instagram
@adza.tarka
@nevertobeconfirmed
Email me!
Exhibitions
(2025) Voidspace: Voidspace Live 2025, London, UK
(2025) Kontekst: Kontekst Film Fest - Archive, London, UK
(2024) UAL, London College of Communication: MA Interaction Design Postgraduate Show, London, UK
(2024) Science Gallery London: Making-with, London, UK
(2021) Identity 2.0: This Machine is Black, Leicester, UK
Talks
(2025) 4S Conference 2025: Reverberations, Seattle, WA
Panel organizer & Co-chair for The More Than Human Arts
Presenter: “Soro Soke: Investigating interactive theatre as a tool for memorialising histories and futures of Nigerian resistance”
Education
(2023 - 2024) MA in Interaction Design - UAL, London College of Communication
(2018 - 2021) BEng in Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering - Queen Mary University of London
Press
Art Review feature for my work with Identity 2.0, as part of their exhibition, This Machine is Black
@adza.tarka
@nevertobeconfirmed
Email me!
