Category: Featured

  • Talking Through His Exploration of Materials - Ugo Ahiakwo

    Talking Through His Exploration of Materials – Ugo Ahiakwo

    Sculpture in a sense is not as easy as it looks. Like every other art form, it takes time and dedication to thought- fully create ideas, piece together the necessary materials until they become living inanimate objects. One that car- ries the weight of your desires. The attempts to capture life is one thing that […] Read more

  • The Child Who Yearns for an Escape

    The Child Who Yearns for an Escape

    Rest rehearsal, 2022 Oil, Acrylic, Embroidery on Canvas 72 x 60 inches Painting is one of the many forms of art out there and it can be used to interpret our most authentic selves, radiating in love or hate, wants or needs. We require no special occasion to whip out brushes soiled in paint and […] Read more

  • The Political Side of Things

    The Political Side of Things

    Muwawa Installation , 2020 Aluminium printing plates, copper plate and copper stitches Imagine a chandelier made of a thousand cast aluminum bullet strung together with copper wires hanging above your head. Imagine what would happen if you stand under it for too long. These are one of the many things you don’t think about, ever. […] Read more

  • Love, Sex and Being Queer

    Love, Sex and Being Queer

    Desire, 2021 Oil on Gesso Panel 50 x 60 cm The term “landscape” has many interpretations, but one of them describes it as the outward manifestation ofa region, resulting from the interaction of geological, geomorphological, biological, and cultural layers that have changed over time, as well as how humans perceive, depict, and value it. Over the […] Read more

  • Collecting, Art and Everything Else

    Collecting, Art and Everything Else

    Beast of Burden, 2022Oil, household, acrylic and spray paint, various fabrics, metal clothing rail164 x 166 x 56 cm Do waste materials have a purpose? This question does not come from the popular RRR - reduce, reuse, and recycle but from the assemblage that is Jo Dennis’ art work. Dennis is a master of collecting what […] Read more

  • Born Out of Poetry

    Born Out of Poetry

    The pains of growing, 2022 Oil and Acrylic on canvas Chidinma Nnoli paints her pieces with dreamlike floral details, muted tones, and evocative portraiture that tells stories. We flip through each painting like pages and take moments to saturate ourselves in their somewhat haunting gaze. We experience her elegant compositions and interpretations that take us on a journey […] Read more

  • Blank Stares

    Blank Stares

    Signal, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 65.2 x 80.3 cm Pull up a chair and stare at your reflection. What do you see? While each face has its own unique way of presenting emotions, there are a few select expressions that keep popping up, regardless of a person’s age, race, language, or religion. You are likely to […] Read more

  • Finding Magic In Characters

    Finding Magic In Characters

    Esprit de Corps, 2023 Oil on canvas What comes to your mind when you see a painting for the first time? What emotions do you feel when you watch a certain art piece float on your screen, museum, or gallery? Do you ask yourself – if you like it, if it resonates with you or it is […] Read more

  • Adulphina Imuede - Cute as a Dream

    Adulphina Imuede – Cute as a Dream

    www.adulphinaimuede.com @adulphina Meeting Adulphina for the first time is like getting involved with a ball of sunshine who knows the reason for its existence. She is uniquely creative in every sense and the kind who is always happy to share the littlest art she creates. Adulphina lmuede who resides in Lagos State, Nigeria sees her […] Read more

  • A Cup of Coffee with Christine Kim

    A Cup of Coffee with Christine Kim

    www.christinekim.ca www.instagram.com/christinekimpaperart/ In a quiet room adorned with the slight smell of burning incense, you sit facing the artist with your legs crossed and tucked underneath the plastic chair. There’s a small table in front of you, it holds two teacups filled with steaming black tea. Both of you, stretch to pick your cups and […] Read more