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Contemporary Art Gallery in Lagos showcasing painting, sculprute & a focus on photography & new media

12/04/2026

Final hours of EXPO CHICAGO 2026.

Four independent galleries from Lagos, Nigeria are presenting across the Profile section

If you haven't yet, make sure to visit before doors close today.

ADEGBOLA — Demas Nwoko, Uche Okeke, Yusuf Grillo, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Oseloka Osadebe, Jimoh Akolo & Clara Ugbodaga-Ngu

Affinity — Buqaqawuli Nobakada, Anne Adams & Samuel Nnorom

SOTO Gallery Lagos — Ludovic Fadairo

Yenwa Gallery — Joshua Nmesirionye & Laju Sholola

Navy Pier, Festival Hall. Open until 6PM.

11/04/2026

THE WORK WITHIN

Yenwa Gallery is pleased to participate in EXPO CHICAGO 2026, Profile Section, Booth #410, April 9–12 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall, Chicago.

We present The Work Within, a duo presentation of sculpture by Joshua Nmesirionye (b. 1968, Nigeria) and painting by Laju Sholola (b. 1989, Nigeria).

Two artists, one generation apart, working in wood and tea-stained canvas, arrive at the same proposition: that interior formation is its own form of power. Nmesirionye carves from single logs of apa and almond wood, producing sheltered forms with dark, hollow interiors where transformation occurs out of sight.

Sholola layers black tea, ink, charcoal, pastel and acrylic on canvas, building portraits of women in full possession of themselves; figures who have already done the interior work, unhurried by the world that watches.

Booth #410
April 9 - 12, 2026

For enquiries or to request a preview: [email protected]

07/04/2026

LAJU SHOLOLA | She Keeps Her Own Counsel I

Laju Sholola (b. 1989, Nigeria) works in layers of black tea, ink, charcoal, pastel, and acrylic on canvas, building figurative portraits that attend to the interior lives of women.

In She Keeps Her Own Counsel, women appear fully in possession of themselves, not withdrawn from the world, but unhurried by it. Where the surface opens and bare canvas breathes through, Sholola reveals something steady and self-held: a woman who has consulted herself and found that entirely sufficient.

Sholola has exhibited internationally across Lagos, London, Chicago, Houston, and Paris, with participation in Art X Lagos, Focus Art Fair New York, and Voices from the West at Maison Kala, Paris. Her work is held in the Coronation Art Collection and in private collections internationally. She was a resident at the Rele Arts Foundation in 2020. Her solo exhibition Be Here Now was presented by Yenwa Gallery, Lagos, in 2024.

She Keeps Her Own Counsel makes its public debut at EXPO CHICAGO 2026

EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 410
April 9 to 12

06/04/2026

JOSHUA NMESIRIONYE | Cocoon II: Inner Vessel

Joshua Nmesirionye (b. 1968, Nigeria) is a multidisciplinary artist whose sculptural practice centres the body, using carved forms in apa and almond wood to explore containment, tension, endurance, and becoming.

With over three decades of practice rooted in the Nigerian wood carving tradition, Nmesirionye has developed a distinct sculptural language shaped by material discipline, formal restraint, and psychological depth.

His first solo exhibition was presented by Yenwa Gallery in 2023. Cocoon (2022) was subsequently acquired by The Kinsey Collection (The Kinsey Collection) and later exhibited at the Holocaust Museum Houston. His works are also held by the Ilesha Trust, UK, ( )and other notable private collections.

Presented by Yenwa Gallery

EXPO CHICAGO 2026 EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 410 | April 9 to 12

Artwork: Joshua Nmesirionye, Cocoon II, 2025-26, Stained Apa wood, 24 x 13in

04/04/2026

Yenwa Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in EXPO CHICAGO 2026, Profile Section, Booth #410, April 9–12 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall, Chicago. EXPO CHICAGO

We present The Work Within, a duo presentation of sculpture by Joshua Nmesirionye (b. 1968, Nigeria) and painting by Laju Sholola (b. 1989, Nigeria).

Two artists, one generation apart, working in wood and tea-stained canvas, arrive at the same proposition: that interior formation is its own form of power. Nmesirionye carves from single logs of apa and almond wood, producing sheltered forms with dark, hollow interiors where transformation occurs out of sight.

Sholola layers black tea, ink, charcoal, pastel and acrylic on canvas, building portraits of women in full possession of themselves; figures who have already done the interior work, unhurried by the world that watches.

Booth #410
April 9 - 12, 2026

For enquiries or to request a preview: [email protected]

13/02/2026

In 2026, the RMB Latitudes Art Fair International Focus turns to Nigeria!

Yenwa Gallery is proud to partner with RMB Latitudes Art Fair on this initiative, designed to foster cross border artistic exchange, spotlight emerging and established talent, and strengthen collector networks across the continent.

In celebration, we are co producing a curated exhibition in Lagos. The exhibition will bring together some of Nigeria’s most exciting contemporary art and cultural practice before travelling to South Africa to take pride of place at RMB Latitudes Art Fair.

Applications are now open for Nigerian artists and cultural practitioners.

Find out more and apply via the link in our bio.

12/12/2025

SANCTUARY OF DREAMS by Pierre Christophe-Gam

The Sanctuary of Dreams is conceived as a rite of return; a space where Nigeria's ancestral knowledge meets contemporary tools to imagine the futures Africa dreams for itself. Presented in Lagos, where Yoruba/Ifá cosmologies, contemporary spirituality, and technological innovation coexist, the exhibition invites audiences not only to view but to participate in this visionary ritual of collective future-making.

The exhibition is still on view
Entry is Free

Tuesday - Saturday
11 AM - 6 PM

1-7 Muri Okunola St

07/12/2025

Congratulations to Nola Ayoola on her standout solo presentation at , Miami Beach's 14th edition.

Nola Ayoola (b.1992, Lagos, Nigeria) is a remarkable multidisciplinary Nigerian artist whose works are a visual diary that expresses a language and translation of her being and culture. Through carved sculptures, portraiture, woven, and cut-out abstract compositions, her work encapsulates the philosophy that 'you cannot understand what you cannot pull apart! Furthermore, her artistic practice is an ongoing observation of her heritage and its profound impact on her identity. She does so by storytelling through varying lenses through which she sees and imagines.

We’re proud to have featured her in our “Inner Space” group exhibition (2023) and in our duo presentation at RMB Latitudes Art Fair (2024).

If you’re in Miami, do stop by Cierra Britton Gallery in the Nest section at Booth to experience the presentation in person.

18/11/2025

VICTORIA ONIOSUN

Victoria Erioluwa Oniosun (b. 1998, Oyo, Nigeria) is a painter whose practice centers on identity, femininity and self-reflection. Working through richly textured and layered compositions that move between abstraction and figuration, she explores the emotional languages of womanhood and the shifting narratives of contemporary society.

Oniosun holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor’s degree in Fine and Applied Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Her work has been exhibited at 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair, New York (2025); Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, New York (2024); +234Art Fair, Lagos (2023); and in group exhibitions across Lagos, Abuja, Paris and online platforms such as Artsy. She is the winner of the 2024 MANI Art Competition and a Lantern Art Space Fellowship recipient.

Oniosun lives and works between Canterbury and Folkestone in the United Kingdom.

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