Curated by Ijeoma Umebinyuo
Opening: May 10, 2025 | Location: 11B Murtala Muhammed Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
202 Gallery is proud to announce Daughters With Wings, a powerful group exhibition curated by celebrated Nigerian poet and cultural thinker, Ijeoma Umebinyuo.
Opening on May 10, 2025, Daughters With Wings marks Umebinyuo’s curatorial debut and brings together seven Nigerian women artists living and working in Nigeria: Adaoma Nnabeze, Chinaza Nkemka, Titilola Fagbemi, Hannatu Ageni-Yusuf, Victoria Makinde, Ashiata Shaibu, Goodness Nnabeze.
Rooted in Umebinyuo’s lifelong advocacy and intellectual practice, Daughters With Wings continues the dialogue she began in her widely acclaimed TEDx talk Dismantling the Culture of Silence and her seminal poetry collection Questions for Ada. Known for her contributions to womanist literature and praised by National NOW as an important voice in global feminist discourse, Umebinyuo now turns to visual art as a medium of resistance and reflection.
The exhibition centers on the radical act of bearing witness through art. In a landscape where the creative voices of West African women are often marginalized or overlooked, Daughters With Wings celebrates their work with the visibility and reverence it deserves. Through painting, drawings, and mixed media installations, the featured artists navigate personal and collective histories, confronting systems of patriarchy while asserting agency and voice.
Daughters With Wings asks vital questions: How are women in Nigeria resisting through their art? How is their work being supported, seen, and sustained? What does it mean to be a daughter—of lineage, of culture, of resistance—and how does that shape creative expression today?
This timely exhibition stands as a cultural timestamp and a space for contemplation, offering art not as a plea for validation, but as a firm declaration of presence, resilience, and transformation. Each work contributes to the dismantling of silence, building a chorus that is both intimate and global in its resonance.
Daughters With Wings runs until July 26, 2025
Exhibition Title: Daughters With Wings
Curated by: Ijeoma Umebinyuo
Opening Date: May 10, 2025
Venue: 202 Gallery by Artsplit, 11B Murtala Muhammed Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos
Featured Artists: Adaoma Nnabeze, Chinaza Nkemka, Titilola Fagbemi, Hannatu Ageni-Yusuf, Victoria Makinde, Ashiata Shaibu, Goodness Nnabeze.
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