Curation
1-54 London - Children of the Diaspora | 2022
Children of the Diaspora is an exhibition displaying an integral presentation of artists living and practising in the UK within the context of the global contemporary African and Caribbean diaspora.
This special project acts as a response to the current perspective on Black British diaspora stories in the art market through a broad and inclusive curatorial lens. The selection of artist works, on view and for sale, produces an expansive and authentic look at what it means to be a part of the wider diaspora as first and second-generation adults working as artists and art professionals in Britain.
Children of the Diaspora presents an array of mediums, including painting, photography, ceramics, textiles, film, and moving images, in order to evoke critical conversations between the different and specific experiences of Black Britishness in all its glory.
Exhibiting artists: Chiizi, Darryl Daley, Joshua Woolford, Bernice Mulenga, Enorê, Rachel O-Williams.
Production: 1-54 London + Pacheanne Anderson Gallery
Curatorial Lead: Pacheanne Anderson
Curatorial and marketing assistant: Jessica Longdon
FREEFORM: A Celebration of Black Womxnhood | 2021
TRC in collaboration with arebyte Gallery presented Free Form: An Artistic Exploration from a network of Black artists using technology and digital media to celebrate the distinct complexities of Black womxnhood in all its facets. Through live performance and exhibition, Free Form tears away at societal restraints to reveal the limitless Black Feminine reality. The event was a multidisciplinary showcase exploring themes of queerness, heritage, intergenerational relations, hair, skin, body image, intimacy, love, sex, joy, masculinity as a part of womxnhood, resistance, and more.
Production: arebyte Gallery + TRC
Curatorial Lead: Jessica Longdon
Curatorial assistant: Araba Banson
Events programme
Virtual Artist Talks hosted on Instagram Live
Sheila Chukwulozie - Wed 20th Oct 2021
CIL - Mon 25th Oct 2021
Exhibited Work
Nwaka Okparaeke - PLANTAIN = LOVE (Film) and A NEW ROOM (Film)
Nnenna Onuoha - Wash Day (Film)
Keleenna Onyeaka - Taboo Beauty (Photography)
Sheila Chukwulozie - Temple (Film)
India Sky - The Life Cycle of Rainbows (Film)
Live Performances
CIL - Music/Soundscape
Sola - Music
Summer Pearl - Music/ Spoken Word
A Trip Through Space To Empty My Mind:
A solo exhibition by Afroscope | 2022
A virtual NFT Exhibition created using the immersive 3D space platform, Oarbt as a part of the “UK Black Tech Founders Mission” presented by the British Consulate-General New York
A Trip Through Space to Empty My Mind is a curation of select pieces by afrofuturistic digital artist, Afroscope.
Selected from his recent NFT collections, this exhibition explores themes of multidimensionality and time travel, as well as long-standing themes across his general practice of environmental preservation and climate change. In his words:
“My alternate realities represent safe havens where the souls who aren't aligned with the current destructive and exploitative nature of humanity could migrate to.”
