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the ways of my serpent mother are strange

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“My paintings are sanctuaries that hold stories.”

We’re honoured to welcome @rosai.velma as a teacher in our upcoming course The Book of the Shadow Queen 🌀

Velma Rosai-Makhandia is a student of the stars. Her effervescent paintings and textile works draw on numinous, dreamlike imagery to evoke celestial and otherworldly realms, where figures converge in scenes of whimsical flight, enigmatic fellowship, and journeys through subterranean worlds.

In her seminar, Velma guides us into the space between the seen and unseen. Drawing on African mythology, spirituality, and personal memory, she invites us to explore art as a portal to other worlds, guided by intuition, imagination, and the unknown.

📖 The Book of the Shadow Queen is open for enrollment
🕸️ 6 November: Free seminar with @cosmogyny and @perditafinn! Sign up on our website.
🪄 17 November - 17 December: Official course dates. → Learn more via the link in bio

📸 Photography by @mmaffe Nana Ampofo, Philippe Fitte by @rosai.velma

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marseille / cassis by @rosai.velma

paris tapes by @rosai.velma

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lemaire s/s 27, paris .

@lemaire , thank you! by @rosai.velma

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last weeeeeeeeek of my show, at the @union_pacific_london space,TO WITNESS! THE STRANGE , THE NUMINOUS. closing 30 may. come peep and read @seedarchives reading room also closing this 30th.

it’s been divine !✨✨

thank you. by @rosai.velma

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thank you to everyone that came to the opening of my exhibition, ‘TO WITNESS! THE STRANGE, THE NUMINOUS.’ @union_pacific_london , the show runs until may 30 at the 15 WEST CENTRAL space and includes a a reading room installation by @seedarchives .

hope can make it!

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pictures by @theresamacharia ( see tags ) by @rosai.velma

Join us tonight at 15 West Central Street, from 6-8pm, to celebrate the opening of Velma Rosai-Makhandia’s solo show, ‘TO WITNESS! THE STRANGE, THE NUMINOUS.’
With palm wine by @london.manya and curated reading from @seedarchives

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Pictured: Velma Rosai-Makhandia, ‘hidden people praying for 1000 suns’, 2026, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 98 x 109 cm by @rosai.velma

You are invited to experience a reading room curated for Velma Rosai-Makhandia’s solo exhibition, TO WITNESS! THE STRANGE, THE NUMINOUS.

The collection brings together titles on African art, design, and architecture, woven through with traditional religion and mythology, inviting visitors to reflect the themes of her work.

Opening tomorrow at @union_pacific_london 6–8pm. by @rosai.velma