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Palm Fans I-V, 2026

Dried palm leaves, copper pipes, sheet copper, still motors, okra seeds, black-eyed peas

Moments from new work recently on display as part of Duo Show 4 @euca.annex exhibited alongside text based works by @legal.elise ▫️

Thank you to @_benfitton_ @tcmccormack for the
invitation ~

With support from The Florence Trust, UAL and ADMRC (SHU) by @oceanloren

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Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin
Kadooment, 2024
C-type print, polished silver frame and scattered Carribean-sun-charged hematite beads
52 x 40 x 3cm

Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin (b. 1996, London) is an artist practicing in trust and hope. She works mindfully with objects, language, prints, and nuanced interactions to craft a contemporary philosophy inspired by her spirituality, Bajan/British heritage, and ceremonies of solace.

Presentations of her work include exhibitions and performative gestures at Metroland Cultures, London; Sainsbury Centre, Norwich; Neven Gallery, London; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; Sherbet Green, London; Somerset House, London; and South London Gallery. She is an Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts.

Baulcombe-Toppin’s work is available to view at ‘Bling!’, which continues until 31 January, and is open Thurs- Sun, 12-6pm at Soup, 227 East Street, SE17 2SS. by @oceanloren

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9 months ago

[MAGNETIC 5 LAUREATE]

🌐 As part of Magnetic 5, @betonsalon will be welcoming @oceanloren, an artist based in London, England.

👤 Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin is a multidisciplinary artist centring slow praxis. Her work engages connectivity, temporality, and memory through the lens of spiritual ecology and Afro-Caribbean diasporic identity. Via coded forms of communication, she crafts poetically across installation, print, language, light and nuanced interactions towards a kind of solace.

🎨 Recent presentations of her work include exhibitions and interventions at Wysing Arts Centre (2026); Metroland Cultures (2025); Sainsbury Centre (2025); Chapter (2024); NEVEN (2024); Somerset House (2022); and South London Gallery (2020). Recent events have been hosted in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery (2026) and Cell Project Space (2024). She was awarded a Gathering Legacy Bursary by iniva (2024) and was selected to participate in Syllabus VIII (2025–26).

📸 (1) Portrait courtesy of the artist. (2) "blessedwithcaribbeansunlight.com", 2022 (detail), image courtesy of the artist. (3) "~mantra~ blessedwithcaribbeansunlight.com/hope~", 2024, as part of "Constellations" at Neven, photography by Dominique Croshaw.

🤝 Magnetic is supported by @ifru_london @if_officiel @culture_gouv @francediplo @britishcouncilfr @creativescots @aceagrams @artscouncilireland @waicymruwales @celfcymruarts

#fluxusartprojects #contemporaryart #artistresidency #artresidency taken in Paris, France by @oceanloren

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3 months ago

Syllabus VIII Artist Highlight: Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin 💙

Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin is an artist based in London. Her practice centres slow praxis, considering connectivity and temporality through a lens of Afro-Caribbean diasporic identity and spiritual ecology. Via coded forms of communication, she works with installation, print, language, light, and nuanced interactions towards a kind of solace. Her aesthetic explorations extend to cultural research and communal exchange.

‘28.0000° N, 45.0000° W (TIDAL ARCHIVE)’, 2025, was a one-day installation on display at Brent Reservoir, presented as part of ‘Bones, stones and calling the four elements’, the third iteration of the Brent Biennial, curated by @alikati.

Ocean says: “The installation was presented shortly after our first gathering at Wysing. In some ways set it the pace for my time during the programme where I have been leaning into spontaneity, working more closely alongside the rhythm of others, and reflecting on my practice in relation to wider art ecologies.”

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‘28.0000° N, 45.0000° W (TIDAL ARCHIVE)’, 2025. Atlantic Ocean water, Caribbean Sea water, chamomile, clear quartz, corals, coriander seeds, dried grass, eucalyptus, hibiscus, lavender, lemongrass, mint, misc. rocks, moon water, moringa, okra seeds, rainwater, root ginger, rose, sea moss, seashells, slate, sun catcher, sun water, wire & glass jars. Commissioned by Metroland Cultures (@metrolandcultures) as part of the Brent Biennial 2025 with public funding from Arts Council England. by @oceanloren

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Collecting / collating for / —— - ‘With Language (There in Sprit)’ - —- / a writing workshop hosted by me this Thursday 21 May @whitechapelgallery exploring language as a medium and material, accompanying ‘Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations’.

Link in bio for waitlist & info.

Thank you to @seung.sing for the invitation 🤍

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1. ‘Veronica Ryan: Past, Present and Future’, Amy Tobin in ‘Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations’ exhibition catalogue. taken in Whitechapel Gallery by @oceanloren

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28.0000° N, 45.0000° W (TIDAL ARCHIVE), 2025

Atlantic Ocean water, Caribbean Sea water, chamomile, clear quartz, corals, coriander seeds, dried grass, eucalyptus, hibiscus, lavender, lemongrass, mint, misc. rocks, moon water, moringa, okra seeds, rainwater, root ginger, rose, sea moss, seashells, slate, sun catcher, sun water, wire & glass jars

On display at Brent Reservoir as part of ‘Bones, stones and calling the four elements’, the third iteration of the Brent Biennial, curated by @alikati

Commissioned by Metroland Cultures as part of the Brent Biennial 2025 with public funding from Arts Council England

@wembleysailing @metrolandcultures 🤍 taken in NW London by @oceanloren

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a year ago

Sharing moon water later today @sainsburycentre as part of ‘Hydromancy’ - an evening of performance, readings, films and interactive works guest curated by @harunishere

Reflecting on watery myths, folklore, and the poetics of the ocean. With:

Adam Christensen @madamdedangelaim
Eloise Fornieles @eloisefornieles
Santiago Mostyn @santiagomostyn
Sian Fan @sianfan
Giulia Damiani @giul.damiani
DJ set from Pouya Ehsaei @pouyaehsaei
and a guided visualisation co-written by @harunishere & Marie Kolbak Iversen recited by Fatima Alaiwat @home_land

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Charged under last night’s strawberry full moon ~

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🤍𖦹 @harunishere @ncroose taken in Sainsbury Centre by @oceanloren

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a year ago

‘Pendulum:Still’

Cut glass, Caribbean-sun-charged clear quartz, stainless steel chain

Close up of new work on display @sherbet_green as part of ‘In Contiguity’ which continues to 14th September

Showing alongside @jermainefrancisstudio @cursedjuliet @piaortuno @jake_w.a.l.k.e.r ☆

Photography by Rita Silva / Studio Damian Griffiths by @oceanloren

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2 years ago

~ last summer @metrolandcultures as part of ‘Loops Made 2 Hold Us//Take Care 2gether.wav’ with P2P ➿

~ details ~ blessedwithcaribbeansunlight.com/hope
~ holographic [compostable] stickers ~ bioplastic bag

➿➿ taken in Metroland Cultures by @oceanloren

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2 years ago

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‘Column I [Delicate]’ & ‘Column II [Delicate]’, 2024

Cut crystal, moon charged water, Mount Gay Rum, vitamin D.

On display earlier this year as part of ‘Constellations’ @nevengallery with @epastry

Lots of love to @helennev for trusting visions coming to life <333 by @oceanloren

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2 years ago

‘~mantra~blessedwithcaribbeansunlight.com/
hope~’, 2024

Holographic sticker, Caribbean-sunlight-charged hematite beads, polished silver frame.

On display @nevengallery as part of ‘Constellations’ alongside works by @epastry through to 11th Feb.

Open Thurs-Sat 12-6pm & by appointment.

Framing by @wearefacility by @oceanloren

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3 years ago

Showing some new work in the new year @nevengallery alongside Ebun Sodipo @epastry with accompanying text by Otamere Guobadia @otamere

🖤🖤🖤 by @oceanloren

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