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Portrait of me in my maternal home state of Rivers, Nigeria circa 2012.

A limited edition three-way screenprint - my favorite cousin of drawing.

Image 2: 'real magic' - an architectural collage of vintage architectural drawings | 2025.

Last chance to bid on over 300 unique works on paper! Supporting the mission of the @drawingroomlondon #DrawingBiennale2026 by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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Final chance to bid!

My drawings: 'portrait of the artist in port-harcourt [is it only men that go outside?]' and 'real magic', are featured in the Drawing Biennial 2026 fundraising auction, which is now nearing its close.

There’s still time to place a bid on the work, alongside drawings by hundreds of leading contemporary artists - including my heart @wuraogunji. All proceeds support the Drawing Room’s mission to champion drawing - a mission I wholeheartedly share!

Visit the link in @drawingroomlondon’s bio to explore the work and place a bid before the auction ends. All drawings are 8.5 x 11"/A4 and are a great entry point for new and seasoned collectors alike!

Drawing Biennial 2026 is a unique opportunity to acquire works by internationally renowned artists while helping provide vital support that keeps Drawing Room open and
accessible to all.

@drawingroomlondon
#DrawingBiennial2026 by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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1922 Revisited: Live Arts Program
Presented by @thirdspaceartfoundation
In collaboration with @aavf and @ecc_italy
Program Curator: @janinesytsma
Curatorial Producer: @lehuntnouveau
Program partners: @fca_ghana @NEWMEDIA @uarkart @uark.arthistory @ccalagos @theafricacenter
Venice Biennale | May 5–9

Wednesday, May 6
The Dash
Wura-Natasha Ogunji and ruby onyinyechi amanze

The Dash is a performance of two runners who race in slow motion for exactly one hour. The performance may be staged within an interior or exterior space: the fixed space of a room; an open plaza; tight city corridors; or from a start line to the finish. The spectators play an important role in this staged competition. As vocal timekeepers, they collectively signal the start time, the half-way mark, and crossing of the finish line.

In their embodiment of restraint and reverberation, collectivity and calm, the performers incorporate facial expressions, hand signals and other gestures as critical choreography and necessary glitch. This movement-language references and riffs from the archive and research of the African sculptures of the 1922 Venice Biennale; track and field competitions; and the languages of drawing shared by amanze and Ogunji.

The title of the performance–with its multiple meanings–offers an additional layer of poetic possibility to this endeavor. A dash is a quick run, a punctuation mark, and in Nigeria, a gift, or a bribe. Turning to the grammatical dash, the race could be conceptualized as break or interruption. Inviting separation from the usual rushing of time, the performance might also be read as the belaboured writing of a long run-on sentence.

📷: @francescabottazzin_ph

Follow @thirdspaceartfoundation for more reflections on 1922 Revisited and announcements about future programs

Additional information on the foundation and programs → www.thirdspaceartfoundation.org

#1922revisited #venicebiennale @wuraogunji @ruby_onyinyechi_draws taken in Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal - Venice by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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THE DASH with @ruby_onyinyechi_draws & @wuraogunji
May 6, 2026, Wednesday.
10am. Hotel Monaco

THE DASH is presented by Third Space Art Foundation as part of 1922 Revisited, a live arts program curated by Janine Sytsma in dialogue with Artistic Director Koyo Kouoh’s 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys. This performance is presented in collaboration with The African Art in Venice Forum and The European Cultural Centre with additional support by Nike. @thirdspaceartfoundation @janinesytsma @aavforum @eec_italy by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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MEXICO CITY I Now On View

ruby onyinyechi amanze, SWIMMING POOL MAGAZINE DANCE [musings in Mexico City]

On view through January 10, 2026

In this exhibition, titled SWIMMING POOL MAGAZINE DANCE [musings in Mexico City], the artist transforms the gallery into an introspective laboratory to showcase materials, questions, and experiments. If on paper her drawings challenge two-dimensionality, here amanze explores the spatial dimensions of the white cube in an open process that allows us a glimpse into the essence of her practice.

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En esta exposición, titulada ALBERCA REVISTA DANZA [reflexiones en la Ciudad de México], la artista convierte la galería en un laboratorio introspectivo para desplegar materiales, preguntas y experimentos. Si en el papel sus dibujos desafían la bidimensionalidad, aquí amanze explora las dimensiones espaciales del cubo blanco en un proceso abierto que nos permite asomarnos a la esencia de su práctica.

[Installation Images of SWIMMING POOL MAGAZINE DANCE, 2025. Photos by Ramiro Chaves. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim.]

#marianeibrahim #marianeibrahimgallery #rubyonyinyechiamanze #swimmingpoolmagazinedance taken in Mexico City, Mexico by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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ruby was born on Nov 15th, 1982. Today she is 42 years old. Weird before weird was cool. Awkward black girl before it had a name. Big feeler pre "are you having Big Feelings?" Chronically insatiable. A deeply and wildly free alien. Sometimes she lays on an electromagnetic scanning bed to measure the minute difference between her right and left quadriceps. She counts macros and drop set weights. Any opportunity to cartwheel or jump on a box is taken. Making art was all there was. Since birth. To today. A duty. A service.

#scorpioaunty #17yroldanthem #stayweird #stayhydrated

Scorpio dress by fellow weirdo @weartowall by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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Light Blue Violet
Oct 5th - Nov 16 2024 @goodman_gallery, Joburg

Drawings that LEAN, FOLD, BEND, SHIFT...
playing with space. questions on questions

Photography: @antheapokroyphotography by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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It was 408 days in the making [more if you count everything-everything]. I am proud of what we did and have also, already forgotten. Was it even me?

Here is a marker of time. A dot on a line. Some questions answered-ish [?] many more swirling us on.

THE POETICS OF SPACE on view @marianeibrahimgallery Paris.

Many thanks to the brilliant and kind team for all the things. To Mariane - a day-one-believer - cheers to us as we approach year 10.

And to my people, for flying across an ocean to hold me down. My heart is still full. @samantharporter @saharchphoto @chardy410 @tiffanytavarez @jamesebartlett taken in Paris, France by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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3 years ago

#scorpioseason
A casual knife mixed with pencils by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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DUETS is now on view @goodman_gallery London through September.

Special thank you to the entire amazing team, @jostellasawicka for the master plan, @kate_macfarlane_dr and @drawingroom_ldn for our continued conversations about #DRAWING, @lucasgabellinifava and co. for the installation magic that made my drawings float.

And to all my peeps who traveled across oceans + double&triple DECADES of #friendship to hold me down in love. My heart was and remains, filled. taken in Goodman Gallery London by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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taking two things and putting them together...in a dance? a conversation? an overlap? a collision?

DUETS
opening @ Goodman Gallery, London 7/21

one day in the living room, a spirit came upon her and
filled her body with a dance she'd never known [channel]

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ADA + ARCHITECTURE

2022
Graphite, ink, photo transfers, acrylics on paper
146 x 180.3 cm / 57.5 x 71 in.

photo cred: @saharchphoto by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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Last month, in Paris...J'AI DEUX AMOURS opened at @marianeibrahimgallery - the inaugural group exhibition in the gorgeous new space.

Sept. 18 - Oct. 13th, 2021

Honored to be a part of it and to stand in the brilliant company of:

@zohraopoku @raphael_barontini @ayanavjackson @lolas_venus @peter_uka @clotildejimenez @maimounaguerresi @ianmwesiga @mwangihutter @yukimasaida @jerrellgibbs @amoakoboafo @sergiolucena.artist @florinedemosthene

@marianeibrahimgallery Your light is bright. Your shine is unapologetic. Keep on...

P.S. Slide #6 & 7 is with the homie, the wife, that deep ocean kind of friend. The one you go to Paris with, twice and counting. She made my incredible floral crown [and hers too]! I heart @tiffanytavarez #allmyfriendsaredope by @ruby_onyinyechi_draws

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