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Orry Shenjobi deepens Nigeria’s pensive socio-political narrative in Beauty Within
Jan 24, 2021
Orry Shenjobi is not a familiar face in Nigeria’s exhibition circuit, however, she is an artist with abundant gifts. As a trained product designer from the University of Leeds, her approach to ‘subjects’ is scientifically calculated.
Her first show, Beauty Within The Struggle, which held from December 18 to 24, 2020 at Angels and Muse Art Gallery, Lagos, will remain in the memory.
In two days of opening and with just 13 works, she had nine red stickers.
The Creative Director of Studio Orry, Shenjobi, in the exhibition, proved that she was a storyteller. She used mixed materials to capture the depth of every individual’s identity.
Oja lori omi, one of the works at the show
In Beauty Within The Struggle, her figures smile and grin and frown and laugh, and struggle all the way to eke a living and make a meaning out of life. The works are not only inspirational, but realistic.
Born in London, and raised in Lagos, both cities influence her interrogation of the mélange of cultures in heterogeneous populations through her unique Nigerian lens.
Shenjobi’s debut solo showcases a collection of mixed media paintings and photographs. The work in this collection offers a chance to experience stories captured around Lagos, a majority of which are from the shantytown of Makoko, located on the Lagos lagoon.
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