Painter Tony Nsofor will from September 30 to October 21, 2023, put his latest body of work ‘Citizens of Nowhere’ on display at O’da Art Gallery, Samuel Manuwa Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Mr Nsofor is in the first year of an art residency at Torpedo Factory Art Centre, Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
He will be showcasing 25 works from his ‘Citizens of Nowhere’ series, which is also the title of the exhibition.
The works are all from his residency project.
The University of Nigeria Nsukka-trained painter will be trailing personal experiences, exploring cultures and asking relevant questions with his works across acrylic on canvas, oil, paper and mix media at the exhibition.
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He described the project as part of his journey in life.
“At a point I realised that travelling meant that I became another person. So, people were looking at me for an introduction and to meet a Nigerian. I started questioning what makes one Nigerian. You have an experience that is not bound to a location.
“With the internet, we can have a personality that spreads across borders. The physical borders, boundaries and geographical locations and all that, no longer restrain us like they did 20 years ago.
“That is why I am very present in Nigeria and at the same in the US and China and still have so much information and interaction.
“These opened my eyes to the realization that you can go beyond all these artificial borders and we can become citizens of everywhere and nowhere,” he said.
Sunshine Alaibe of O’da Art Gallery, who is the curator of the exhibition, said the title is reflective of what the works are.
“You will see all the shapes, deliberate and non-deliberate ways of drawing faces, all the compositions, different bodies and faces all tightly packed together,” she said.
