By Babajide Awoyinfa

Lagos art enthusiasts are set to witness an intimate journey into memory, absence, and belonging, as fast-rising visual artist, Ehinomen Okoeki, unveils his much-anticipated debut solo exhibition, ‘The Line Between Us’, at Yenwa Gallery.

In a statement on Thursday in Lagos, Okoeki described the exhibition as a “deeply personal journey into how distance reshapes closeness”.

He noted that art allows individuals to sit with emotions they often cannot explain in words.

“This exhibition is not only about physical movement,” Okoeki explains.

“It is about the invisible lines migration draws between us, the distances that reshape intimacy, the grief that lingers in absence.

“And the fragile memories we hold on to when words and presence are no longer enough,” he said.

Okoeki emerged as a distinctive voice in contemporary Nigerian art, weaving material exploration with deeply emotional narratives that speak to universal human experiences of separation and longing.

His body of work, created through an intricate process of collage, painting, and assemblage, employs unconventional surfaces such as parchment paper, canvas, matt board, and plexiglass.

Each deliberately chosen not merely as a material but as a symbolic medium that mirrors the fragile weight of memory, absence, and the passage of time.

In ‘The Line Between Us’, Okoeki delves into the grief of migration and the invisible yet permanent boundaries it draws between loved ones.

It offers audiences a visual meditation on intimacy altered by distance, and the quiet pain of waiting, separation, and loss. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Folasade Adeniran