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🎨 Art piece: "Rhythm of Evolving Story (Conversation Series)" by Nigerian artist Marcellina Akpojotor 🇳🇬.

2020, fabric, paper, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 96 x 156 inches.

Marcellina Akpojotor (b. 1989, Lagos, Nigeria) is a visual artist whose mixed-media practice explores themes of femininity, identity, family history, and women’s empowerment. Initially trained by her father in drawing, design, and calligraphy, she later studied Art and Industrial Design at Lagos State Polytechnic. Akpojotor is best known for her intricate collage paintings that incorporate discarded Ankara fabric -sourced from local fashion houses - as both material and metaphor. This textile, despite its Dutch origins, serves as a cultural signifier and a vessel for memory and shared experience in her work. Her richly layered compositions blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture, personal narrative and collective history.

A 2017 Rele Arts Foundation Young Contemporaries alumna and Ronke Ekwensi Salon fellow, Akpojotor has exhibited widely, with solo shows at Rele Gallery in Lagos and Los Angeles, and participation in major art fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Dubai, and FNB Art Joburg.

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