Painting Sculpture
A Dialogue Between Material and Form
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19–27 FEBRUARY 2025
Uche Obasi is a Nigerian visual artist whose practice engages with the fluidity of identity, memory, and cultural storytelling. Born in Abakaliki and based in Lagos, Obasi employs an innovative mixed-media approach, integrating shoelace appliqué and stitchwork into painting to create textured, layered surfaces. His work explores themes of identity as a process of stitching, remaking, and reconstructing, where personal and collective narratives intersect.
Through intricate weaving and collage, Obasi challenges traditional notions of painting, expanding its surface beyond pigment to incorporate tactile elements that mirror the complexities of identity formation. His compositions reflect the interplay between modernity and tradition, addressing the tensions between the past and the present, the personal and the collective.
This body of work draws inspiration from domestic interiors, familiar objects, and the fluid constructs of belonging. By blending acrylic paint with stitched materials, Obasi creates works that reveal identity as layered, ever-evolving, and shaped by cultural and environmental forces. His process invites viewers to engage with the physicality of the materials, experiencing the depth and richness of stitched narratives.
Obasi has exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at Wunika Mukan Gallery, Lagos (2024), and participated in group exhibitions such as Blurring the Line (FOURTH Gallery, Cape Town, 2024) and Black History Month Campaign (Wunika Mukan Gallery, 2025). His work continues to push the boundaries of painting and textile, forging new ways of visualizing cultural memory and personal identity.
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Through intricate weaving and collage, Obasi challenges traditional notions of painting, expanding its surface beyond pigment to incorporate tactile elements that mirror the complexities of identity formation. His compositions reflect the interplay between modernity and tradition, addressing the tensions between the past and the present, the personal and the collective.
This body of work draws inspiration from domestic interiors, familiar objects, and the fluid constructs of belonging. By blending acrylic paint with stitched materials, Obasi creates works that reveal identity as layered, ever-evolving, and shaped by cultural and environmental forces. His process invites viewers to engage with the physicality of the materials, experiencing the depth and richness of stitched narratives.
Obasi has exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at Wunika Mukan Gallery, Lagos (2024), and participated in group exhibitions such as Blurring the Line (FOURTH Gallery, Cape Town, 2024) and Black History Month Campaign (Wunika Mukan Gallery, 2025). His work continues to push the boundaries of painting and textile, forging new ways of visualizing cultural memory and personal identity.
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