Em'kal Eyongakpa lives and works between the cross river basin, the Cameroon volcanic line and Western Europe Eyongakpa's recent ideas increasingly draw from indigenous knowledge systems, ethnobotany, applied mycology and technology. His artwork experiences , habitually mimics/ evokes or employs the elements and natural processes, phenomena. He is also known for interdisciplinary research spaces and autonomous art hubs; KHaL! SHRINE (Yaounde, (2007-2013), Bɔ Bɛtɔk (Amsterdam, 2017-), ɔ Creatives' tent / Creatives' (ethnobotanic) gardens (by the “mother” Refugee settlement, Cross river state, Nigeria, 2020-). Eyongakpa holds degrees in Plant biology and Ecology from the University of Yaounde 1 and was a resident at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. The artist's work has been shared/experienced at several gatherings and venues around the world, including. Bamako Encounters (2011, 2015), Dak’art biennial (2012), 32nd São Paulo Biennial (2016), Sharjah Biennial 13 (2017), Van Abbe museum (2019), Showroom, London (2019), EVA International (2021), IMMA (2022), CCA Wattis Institut for contemporaryart (2022), Tate Modern (2023), ljssel biennial (2023), Lagos Biennial (2024), Luleå Biennial (2024), Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2025).