Truly Nomadic

Overview

Nomadic Art Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, “Truly Nomadic”, a dual solo exhibition featuring artists who live a nomadic or semi nomadic lifestyle, driven by a desire for exploration and a sense of freedom, seeking new perspectives and creative stimulation from their travels.

The exhibiting artists - Stacey Ravvero and Francis Agemo, often create and exhibit their work while on the move, drawing inspiration from various cultures, landscapes, and experiences they encounter during their journeys and often find inspiration in the transient nature of their surroundings and use their art as a means to raise awareness about social or environmental issues.

Through history and architecture, exposure to diverse cultures, escape from routine, expanding boundaries, transcending language barriers, adventure and spontaneity, travel provides these artists with a myriad of experiences, encounters, and stimuli that can ignite their creativity. From sensory impressions and historical heritage to encounters with the unfamiliar and the introspection it fosters, travel offers a vast array of inspiration for them to explore and incorporate into their artistic endeavors.

The exhibition explores the themes of cultural diversity, human connection, and the transformative power of travel. The featured paintings and sculptures does not only capture the impact of the artists’ nomadic lifestyles on their artistic expression but also reflects and celebrates the nomadic artists' journey and the world they have traversed.

LOCATION

Nomadic Art Gallery

22 Adetokunbo Ademola Road,

Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Stacey Ravvero

Francis Agemo

EXHIBITION DATES

2nd Nov. - 23rd Dec., 2023

E Catalogue

BIO

Agemo Sewanu Francis is a Nigerian born Artist. He lives and works today in Badagry and studied Fine Art at Delta State University Abraka 2008 where he majored in Sculpture. He chooses the Art and elements that forged his youth. Agemo indeed grown under the influence of the Art and Cultures of the sources of its village.

Agemo’s grandfather was one of the dignitary traditional worshippers of his village. Agemo has therefore been raised surrounded by objects: statuettes, totems, mask, etc. whose were used by his grandfather. These sources of inspirations, inserted thoroughly in his work and he also poses a look at the duality between tradition and contemporaneity.

Francis Agemo’s work has been shown in various exhibitions across several locations including Benin Republic, London, Morocco and Zanzibar. Some of these exhibitions include Large Family, Maison Rouge Cotonou in 2022, Untitled in Forster Gallery Zanzibar in 2022, Lot to Say in Musee Villa Caro, Grand-popo Benin in 2022 amongst others. Agemo has also been in several residency programmes including Alexis gallery in 2019, Villa Karo Grandpopo in 2022, Montresso Art Foundation, Marrakech in 2022.