Mapping Me

We often feel that once we determine the thing’s category, then all questions will be answered about it.

As a child, art was my favorite pastime, a way to distract myself from what was going on around me, and a way to make others happy. As an adult, art serves an entirely different purpose in my life. I aim to make people feel both uncomfortable and understood. Art is no longer a tool for distraction, but a tool for exposure, leading me to confront my... See more

Vibrantly patterned photo-collage areas are created from images derived from Nigerian pop culture and politics, including pictures of pop stars, models and celebrities, as well as lawyers in white wigs and military dictators. Some of these images are from the artist's archive of personal snapshots, magazines and advertisements, while others are... See more

I’m interested in the degree of subtlety behind each synchronisation, and the way in which a completed map behaves more like a portrait when viewed from further away – it’s almost paradoxical that a portrait should lose detail when examined closely