Elizabeth Shola Okoh (known as Lize) is an author, photographer, and creative entrepreneur whose work explores identity, culture, and self-perception.
Her work spans storytelling, imagery, and experience, centred on transformation — how people see themselves, and how that perception can be reshaped. Through her photography, she creates cinematic portraits designed to transform how women see themselves.
Lize is the author of The Returnees, and her visual work has been featured in international publications including The Guardian, BBC, Amateur Photographer, and O Globo, as well as exhibitions across the UK and beyond.
Alongside her creative practice, she educates photographers on building profitable, sustainable businesses, bridging the gap between artistry and commercial clarity through positioning and long-term strategy.
Based in London, her work is rooted in one idea: transformation — not just in how things look, but in how they are felt.
EXHIBITIONS
1- 27 May 2026: Luna, Care & Defiance, Birmingham, UK
1 – 31 March 2024, Solo Exhibition: Women on The Frontlines
June 2023 – August 2023: Photo Frome, Bath, UK
March 2023 – May 2023: Living the Dream, Fujifilm House of Photography, London, UK
October 2022: BBC Black Women Photographers Exhibition
September 2022: Black Joy at The Photography Show
October 2021 – December 2022: Ife Nkili: A Black Women’s Arts Festival
September 2021: UKBFTOG Showcase at The Photography Show
November 2019: Can’t Be What You Can’t See, London, UK
October 2019, Solo Exhibition: Project X: BHM Edition 2019, King’s College London, UK
June 2019, Solo Exhibition: Visibly Invisible: A Visual Celebration of Glorious Black Bodies, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Athens, Greece
AUTHOR VISITS
Capital City College: Celebrating Multiculturism: A Festival of Diversity, Protest and Change.
Woodbridge High School: The Importance of Literature
Samuel Whitbread Academy: Literary Festival
INTERVIEWS & FEATURES
The Guardian – Four Women on How Boudoir Photography Changed Their Lives
Stunning Boudoir Photography That Goes Beyond Lingerie and Lighting (Amateur Photography Magazine)
BBC London Radio– London Nightlife with Jacqueline Shepherd (1hr 16 mins mark)
Amateur Photography Magazine – 6 March, International Women’s Day Issue
Locke Living– Women on The Frontlines with Elizabeth Okoh
UKBFTOG Takes Over Notting Hill Carnival
Black Women Photographers on What International Women’s Day Means to Them
UKBFTOG: The Success Of a Group Dedicated To Black Female Photographers
5 New Books by Black British Writers To Look out For In Summer 2020
Photo Series Explores the Beauty in First-Generation Immigrants
City Short Course Alumna Fulfills Her Dream Of Publishing a Novel
The Future Bookshelf Names Its ‘Class of 2018’
The Photoseries Capturing the Beauty in First-Generation Immigrants
TALKS
Authors Online Virtual Talk – Wokingham Borough Library
Can The Female Gaze Empower? – Tinted View
MPB Live with Elizabeth Okoh from UKBFTOG – MPB
Grow Your Story Showcase Event – Hachette X Spread The Word
Brixton Book Jam – Lambeth Country Show
Talking Creative – Suyi Davies Okungbowa
In Conversation with Elizabeth Okoh – Love of Culture
The Creative Diaspora – Black Ballad
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