Roots in the Sky is the first institutional curatorial project by British-Nigerian artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones. This pivotal exhibition brings together new and recent works by ten contemporary artists whose practices span the United States, Europe, and West Africa.
Taking Adeniyi-Jones’s own practice as a point of departure – rich with West African heritage, fable, and ceremonial symbolism – the exhibition explores the cultural pluralism and layered identities that define the Black diaspora. Painting, sculpture, and drawing are employed in equal measure, with figuration and abstraction operating as shared visual languages to explore themes of mythology, community, lineage, and transformation.
Join some of the artists from Roots in the Sky, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Jade de Montserrat, Ivy Kalungi, Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia and Shaqúelle Whyte who will discuss the themes in the exhibition. Chaired by esteemed writer and art historian Aurella Yussuf.
