Virtual Tour of Early October Exhibitions at Thinkspace Projects | Exhibitions on view October 1 – October 22, 2022

Thinkspace presents a virtual tour of “Perspectives” featuring new work from Zeinab Diomande, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, and Bianca Walker. Along with Yumi Yamazaki’s “Moku” showing in Gallery II, Kristy Moreno’s “Matter of Survival” in Gallery III and Mr. B Baby’s “The Show Must Go On” in Gallery IV.

Explore the virtual tour here: https://players.cupix.com/p/ER6bgzsp

All exhibitions are on view at Thinkspace Projects now through October 22, 2022.

Virtual tour created by Birdman.

Photo tour of ‘Perspectives’ featuring Zeinab Diomande, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, and Bianca Walker along with Yumi Yamazaki’s ‘Moku’

Thinkspace presents a photo tour of the opening reception of “Perspectives,” featuring new work from Zeinab Diomande, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, and Bianca Walker. Along with Yumi Yamazaki’s “Moku” showing in Gallery II.

All exhibitions are on view at Thinkspace Projects now through October 22, 2022.

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Opening Reception of Early October Exhibitions ‘Perspectives,’ ‘Moku,’ ‘Matter of Survival,’ and ‘The Show Must Go On’ on view October 1 – October 22, 2022

Thank you to those who joined us for the opening reception of “Perspectives,” featuring new work from Zeinab Diomande, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, and Bianca Walker. Along with Yumi Yamazaki’s “Moku” showing in Gallery II, Kristy Moreno’s “Matter of Survival” in Gallery III, and Mr. B Baby’s “The Show Must Go On” in Gallery IV.

A night complete with a piñata and Chuco, the brainchild of Mr. B Baby, to celebrate the artist’s birthday!

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‘PERSPECTIVES’ featuring Zeinab Diomande, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, & Bianca Walker showing at Thinkspace Projects | October 1 – October 22, 2022

Thinkspace Projects presents:

‘PERSPECTIVES’
Zeinab Diomande, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, & Bianca Walker

Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 1 from 6-10pm with DJ’s Venice Beats, open bar + free H20 from Liquid Death, video projections from Digital Debris, a vape bar from our friends at Timeless, live painting from Nina Palomba, grub from The Roll N’ Bun & more

Exhibitions on view October 1 – October 22, 2022

In Gallery I, Thinkspace Projects is thrilled to present our new group show titled PERSPECTIVES featuring the work of Zeinab Diomande (aka Z the Rat), Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Chigozie Obi, and Bianca Walker.

Born in 1999, in Virginia (USA) Zeinab Diomande (aka Z the Rat) left Abidjan (Ivory Coast), where she spent her childhood and adolescence, to pursue her university studies in Philadelphia (USA) in 2017. The artist explores the theme of mental health and her experience as a black woman. These themes mark out and feed her warm and colorful world. Adapting what already exists and reinventing it in a way that also shapes a new reality is the main focus of this expression.

Diomandé is currently studying at the University of the Arts, pursuing a BFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting and drawing.

Chigozie Obi (b. 1997) is a multi-dimensional visual artist. Her work explores experimentation with multiple materials to tell stories formed from personal/societal experiences. Obi’s work authenticates her keen interest for the human aspect of life, the body, beauty standards and the strive for self-acceptance. She aims to create sustained conversations about people and society – the cultural narratives adopted and how it affects people in it, especially women.

Chigozie’s new series ‘A Seat At the Table’ showcases women working in different occupations, many of which are still believed or expected to be jobs for men alone but they continue to prove that wrong.

‘A Seat at the Table’ illustrates women of different careers. From low income jobs to the high earners – it seeks to honor women working in all occupational fields, showing them in their element, capturing their stories, highlighting the difficulties they might be facing while working in those occupations and more.

Women are strong, reliable, capable of everything and can be a part of anything they choose. They continue to break boundaries and push even in male dominated fields, creating change, overcoming obstacles and opening doors for the next generation of women.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun is a contemporary visual artist who attempts to unravel the connections between the self and identity and how they interface with individual and collective memory via her art. In creating the paintings that make up this body of work, she toys with the most wholesome of ideas/experiences: childhood. Seemingly random and benign scenes of existence are shadowed by objects that become breadcrumbs of the artist’s attempts to understand her own trauma and beyond.

Bianca Walker is a 24-year-old, nonbinary, painter from the Bay Area, California. Bianca was raised surrounded by vibrant street art until gentrification began to ravage the place they once called home, leaving colored walls bare. Walker migrated to Louisiana and began their studies at rambling State University where they were submerged in painting and black history. As their education continued, they quickly grew tired of traditional art methods and began to use a drip painting technique that reflects their street art roots. Now developing an MFA thesis at the University of New Orleans, Walker uses these drips as an integral part of their visual language while incorporating archival imagery of the African Diaspora activating a history they can see being erased.

Opening Reception of Imon Boy, STOM500, Chigozie Obi, and Z the Rat ( aka Zeinab Diomande) Exhibitions | January 8 – January 29 at Thinkspace Projects

A great way to kick off the new year! Thank you to those who joined us for the opening reception of Imon Boy’s “No Regrets“, STOM500’s “Cortez“, Z the Rat ( aka Zeinab Diomande)’s “U’ve Seen It…U Can’t Unsee It“, and recent works from Chigozie Obi. Congratulations to all exhibiting artists on their new bodies of work.

Exhibitions remain on view through January 29, 2022 at our new location in the West Adams district of LA.