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⭐️To lift the ground that holds us ⭐️

• Shots from our private view last week Friday!

• a huge thank you to @tireni.art who headed this project with great tenacity, it wouldn’t have been possible without you!

• Congratulations to all artists, designers and creatives involved, it’s all come together so beautifully ❤️

• This exhibition is not one to miss! On until the 26th of October at Lewisham Arthouse

#exhibitioninlondon #blackart #figurepainting #portraiture #blackbritishart

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I’ll be hosting the first workshop for our exhibition: To Lift the Ground that Holds Us, this would be a clay workshop exploring cultural memory. A question I’ve been thinking about recently is ‘How can oral histories, family archives, memory, and indigenous knowledge systems enrich the way we perceive art?’ I’m hoping this workshop becomes a space for this conversation!

Come through! 6-8pm tomorrow🧡

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Friday was the opening of To Lift The Ground That Holds Us🌟
I feel so blessed and happy to have been able to curate this exhibition and to do it alongside such amazing people, words cannot express my gratitude for everyone and how inspired I am by all the artworks and efforts!

Our work is up until the 26th and we have a series of workshops throughout this week @lewishamarthouse
Join us!🌟

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Last night we had the private view for our exhibition ‘To Lift The Ground That Holds Us’ and it was so rewarding seeing everything come together. Special thank you to our curator @tireni.art 📣 you did such an incredible work putting all of us together and seeing the vision of how we can create a beautiful show with our works! I feel incredibly blessed to have constantly shown my work this year and meeting new amazing people. The exhibition is on until the 26th of October 2026 and I’ll be facilitating a clay workshop on Monday 19th, 6-8pm!

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Was there one work that became the emotional centre of What We Carry?

In this clip, Freda and Lauren talk about the piece that ended up holding a lot of the exhibition together, and why it became important to both of us in different ways.

@tirzni

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Major summer for me and my hat

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Before ‘What We Carry’ became a series of sculptures, it started with research, references and questions Freda was working through.

In the first clip from our conversation with Tireni (@tirzni) Freda talks about some of those starting points and how they developed into the work.

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Circle Time!!!

Started seeing a face🗿

We discussed memory & imagination whilst doing inlays into the form, what inspires what?

@joshua.milu carving a face

@tireni.art

🧊icebreak to cool down a little

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2D + 3D

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I will be showing/ selling this piece @thegraduateartshow at Art Movement Gallery
163A St John’s Hill, London SW11 1TQ, taking place from June 24 to July 11, 2026.

Earthbound Thought is a piece created through
experimentation with movement, exploring how clay
and metal can be pushed to work together
harmoniously. I made the work during a period of
uncertainty about myself and the direction of my
practice. This sense of instability is reflected in the
figure, which is composed of multiple heads connected
only by wire, linked together like chains. The suspended
and fragmented structure suggests feelings of emotional weight, internal conflict, and the struggle between connection and restraint. By combining the fragility of clay with the strength and tension of metal, I wanted to create a piece that feels both delicate and uneasy, capturing a moment of transition within my practice and personal mindset.

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A glimpse of the “Forming home with our hands” workshop co-facilitated with @fredarchives last night @ikokobrixton🧡
Really beautiful pieces were made and conversations were had. Stay tuned for the pics!

Video credits: @iitsfreda

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A month ago we were installing What We Carry with Freda Osayuki Igiogbe (@iitsfreda)

Thank you to everyone who visited, spent time with the work, and joined us throughout the exhibition.

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Each commission with Freda Osayuki Igiogbe begins with a conversation.

From there, the sculptures develop gradually through sketching, material exploration and Freda’s own sculptural process using Vulcan clay.

A limited number of commissions are currently available.

If you’re interested about commissions, get in touch.

Design by: @timpolo_

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