O’DA Art Gallery is honoured to present an exhibition of recent and timeless works by leading visual artist, Kainebi Osahenye. Displaying various compositions of abstraction and figurative work, the exhibition shed light on Osahenye’s bold and energetic painterly technique; exploring the intricacies of human identity, sensuality and faith.
O’DA Art Gallery is honoured to present an exhibition of recent and timeless works by leading visual artist, Kainebi Osahenye. Displaying various compositions of abstraction and figurative work, the exhibition shed light on Osahenye’s bold and energetic painterly technique; exploring the intricacies of human identity, sensuality and faith.
For Osahenye, the artistic process begins in the unknown as he disengages with his surroundings and connects with a force beyond himself, one where he isn’t present; or as he puts it, ‘not being completely awake”. He proceeds to using various materials including spray paint, oil and gouache, to cover the surface of the canvas, constantly pushing to unravel something that he cannot for-see. This state of being which he refers to as a, “Virgin mind”, allows for him to follow the details of the work so that the composition takes a life of its own. Osahenye is keen to note that while he is consciously disconnected from the process of creation, his physical engagement with the work remains critical throughout the process. As a result, all the works have an active bodily presence.
For this exhibition, the selection of work paves a way into the mind of genius that is Mr Kainebi Osahenye. With a selection of 20 paintings, the exhibition will present a dialogue between works of different dimensions produced between 2001 and 2021. We invite you to view Osahenye’s work in its entirety.
