Art Exhibition in New Jersey | Ụlọ at Zoraobi Studios

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Monday – Thursday: By Appointment
Fridays & Sundays: 1–5 PM
Saturdays: Closed

Exhibition Overview
Ụlọ on view: August 10 2025 – August 31 2025

Ụlọ features two contemporary Nigerian artists Okereke and Ikechukwu Amos Christian whose figurative paintings illustrate the reciprocal connection between life and art.

Curated by Nigerian-American curator Stephanie Obiorah and American writer Daijia Canton the exhibition title derives from the Igbo word ụlọ meaning home a physical place of shelter and a spiritual place found within. Utilizing vibrant hues and emotive layers of acrylic and mixed media on canvas Okereke and Ikechukwu Amos Christian detail the emotional ties to home nurtured through cultural connection familial memory and immersive introspection.

The selection of works unfolds around three core themes: Memory Acceptance and Resurgence. Each is a motif found in the process of internal healing and sustaining unity across Africa and the African diaspora. When memories are recalled a guided path to connectivity beyond a specific time or place emerges. An acceptance of unconventional truths and resilient grace emanates where understanding for ourselves others and life circumstances intercedes organically. With a newfound perspective on humanity a critical resurgence of compassion hope and unity erupts to foreshadow our collective becoming. Through memory acceptance and resurgence Ụlọ offers viewers an authentic space to exercise ownership of home by honoring its many forms.

Zoraobi Studios is proud to present Ụlọ for its grand opening where home is both a vessel and a mirror. The artists featured in Ụlọ Okereke and Ikechukwu Amos Christian reside and work in Nigeria. Through distinct visual languages both explore the exhibition’s core themes with profound depth and intention. Okereke fuses cubism and expressionism to render compositions inspired by Nigerian folklore and the subtleties of everyday life. He uses fragmented shapes to resemble masks that merge personal memory and collective identity. Ikechukwu Amos Christian conceives a visual narrative in which radiance supersedes adversity and stillness personifies recovery. His opaque black silhouettes invite viewers to self-reflect affirming the power of introspection and the continuous journey of becoming.

Ụlọ is currently on view at the Zoraobi Studios until August 31 2025.