Theresa Lola is an award winning British Nigerian poet. She has performed at the ICA, Royal Albert Hall, and Jazz Cafe, and her debut visual poetry exhibition was held at Bermondsey Project Space.

Theresa has been commissioned by Selfridges, Mayor of London's Office, and Royal Festival Hall, contributed to projects by Aesop and Rimowa, and has designed programmes for Dulwich Picture Gallery and Hackney Museum.

Theresa Lola is the author of two poetry collections and holds an Mst in Creative Writing from University of Oxford. A poem from her debut book In Search of Equilibrium (Nine Arches Press) is in the UK’s GCSE syllabus. Her second collection Ceremony for the Nameless (Penguin) won the 2025 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry.