Transtemporal Travel

BIO

Swiss-Nigerian artist Valerie Etitinwo creates abstract figurative paintings which celebrate the beauty of ugliness and awkwardness. Raised with dichotomous cultures, Etitinwo found art as a coping mechanism to interpret the world around her. 

This series is Valerie’s most personal body of work yet. She got vulnerable on canvas for the first time - “When I got the opportunity to be a part of this exhibition, I knew it had to be special as It’s my first show as a full time artist and my first show creating from my new studio here in Lagos. All this is very exciting but it didn’t come without a cost”. 

The artworks in this exhibition are about separation, which is something we are all familiar with. “I moved to Nigeria at its peak of uncertainty. Why? the answer is very simple: Separation. It’s something my family had to go through this year and is still adjusting to. But separation isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes it’s even necessary. That doesn’t make it easy or painless. It still comes with its loneliness and fear”. 

In this exhibition, Valerie hopes to share a part of her journey with the viewers. This is not a sad story, rather, this is a celebration of her outset.

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Janet Adenike Adebayo (b. 1997) is a self-taught Nigerian artist, born and based in Lagos. She refers to herself as a “confessional” artist, as her art is an expression of intimate moments and openness of truths and feelings others may be otherwise shy to confront. 

She began her journey as a painter in 2017 and for her artistic background, Adebayo worked at Double R studio, under the mentorship of Rahman Rasak. Janet, who obtained her Higher National Diploma from the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, where she studied Food Technology, now expresses herself using acrylic and mix media on canvas, employing techniques such as her signature “mosaic skin” tones, fusing a collage of colours to create humanoid figures, made obvious by exaggerated features. 

In this exhibition, Janet will be walking the audience through the idea of headship in different period of time in relation to beliefs from an original perspective/practice to what she witnessed, to an emergence for freedom to what she hopes to experience.

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Joe Alfred Abdallah is a self-taught multidimensional artist  and a Creative consultant. He was educated as a  Sociologist, and is self-developed in visual artistry, body art,  psychology and human anatomy. Over the years he has  been approved and licensed to building games, photo, and  movie props. He is also the task producer for the renowned  TV show - big brother naija.  

His creations are basically an infusion of unique expressive  imagination from the human natural figure to abstract  creativity, he absorbed a wide platter of experimental  creativity in the art of imaginative replication. His artistic  oeuvre encompasses visual paintings, graffiti, wall murals,  body artistry, prop creation, miniature sculptural works as  well as the modern fashion and architectural illustration. 

Joseph Abdallah uses his body of work in this exhibition, to  tell a stories of an otherworldly structure - the transtemporal  temple, with its Drapes, guarding artefacts that are related  to time and space, the time orb - an object that an alter time  and space, the time traveler Tap - traveling through  different eras and spaces searching for the temple in a bid  to steal the safe kept time orb and finally, the significant role  that human loss and destruction plays in shaping the beauty  of the world we live in.  

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Fiyin Koko is a multidisciplinary artist and sculptor whose  work is inspired by all facets of womanism and her vivid  dreams. Fiyin Koko expresses feminine resilience in a  whimsical, often humorous and genial style. Grounded in  six guiding pillars—womanism, conversation, body  positivity, movement, love, and femininity—she constantly  seeks to interpret these pillars in everyday life, seamlessly  blending the essence of fantasy, 'artivism,' and her dreams  to weave captivating narratives. 

In this exhibition, Fiyin Koko’s work for takes the form of  intricately carved pots that serve as visual narratives of the  human journey. Through the medium of pottery, she  explores the metaphorical road maps of life and the roller  coaster-like nature of our experiences.

 By incorporating elements reminiscent of road maps, Fiyin  Koko invites viewers to reflect on their own life paths and  contemplate the intersections of past, present, and future.  The pots become vessels of storytelling, encapsulating the  collective human experiences of navigating through  different time periods and the unique stories woven into the  fabric of our existence.

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 Oluwaferanmi Okeowo is a talented Nigerian visual artist  who was born in 1993. He is a graduate of Yaba College of  Technology and has been exploring various mediums over  the years. Currently, he is using the impasto technique on  canvas to express his thoughts and self-discovery journey.  

Oluwaferanmi Okeowo’s works explore the relationship  between human body , mind and emotional memories. His  works are a persistent search for the best way to interpret  ideas around his self discovery and his response to his  immediate environment. He is passionate about emotional  and psychological well-being and is exploring how his  works can be used to help those struggling with abjection. 

Okeowo’s works in this exhibition, are a series of paintings  that explore the concept of time and its relationship with  our experiences. It also focuses on the themes of  redemption, lucid dreams and love. He uses color, texture,  and composition to evoke emotions and convey a sense of  movement and fluidity.  

His goal is to create a body of work that is both visually  stunning, emotionally resonant and encourage viewers to  contemplate their own relationship with time and the ways  in which our experiences shape who we are. 

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Emmanuel Adeyemi Adebayo is the son of an artist who  stopped his professional practice due to certain  predicaments of life. That didn’t rub off on Emmanuel’s  practice who taught himself how to draw and paint at early  stages of his life as he felt inspired by the past works of his  father.  

The awareness of his strength and purpose got him fully  engaged with reforming and polishing his artistic talent as  He shifted his focus on redeeming earth off her dirt caused  by human activities, and recreate her with a vision of  achieving an adequate environment for all species living in  it. 

Emmanuel believes that we can only give thought and  vocal validation or rejection through emotions, but even  with this human ability, man still can not predict his next  thought, or the next reality that holds.  In this exhibition, Emmanuel has apprehended this idea  and executed it on different surfaces, creating mixed media  works that compels the viewers to have an insight to this  idea of time, and most Importantly, to purged the minds of  many that are stuck on the humanly created traffic of time