Tiwani Contemporary
Belonging In-Between | Emma Prempeh
Belonging In-Between | Emma Prempeh
Belonging In-Between | Emma Prempeh
Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens its 2025 exhibition program with Emma Prempeh: Belonging In-Between, a deeply personal solo show exploring themes of memory, home, and identity. This series of paintings captures the emotional landscapes tied to Prempeh’s matrilineal history, particularly her mother, Carmen, and her grandmother. Central to the exhibition is Carmen’s return to St. Vincent after 40 years, an experience that allowed Prempeh to witness the transformation of familiar places through the lens of migration and time.
Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens its 2025 exhibition program with Emma Prempeh: Belonging In-Between, a deeply personal solo show exploring themes of memory, home, and identity. This series of paintings captures the emotional landscapes tied to Prempeh’s matrilineal history, particularly her mother, Carmen, and her grandmother. Central to the exhibition is Carmen’s return to St. Vincent after 40 years, an experience that allowed Prempeh to witness the transformation of familiar places through the lens of migration and time.
Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens its 2025 exhibition program with Emma Prempeh: Belonging In-Between, a deeply personal solo show exploring themes of memory, home, and identity. This series of paintings captures the emotional landscapes tied to Prempeh’s matrilineal history, particularly her mother, Carmen, and her grandmother. Central to the exhibition is Carmen’s return to St. Vincent after 40 years, an experience that allowed Prempeh to witness the transformation of familiar places through the lens of migration and time.
Tiwani Contemporary Lagos opens its 2025 exhibition program with Emma Prempeh: Belonging In-Between, a deeply personal solo show exploring themes of memory, home, and identity. This series of paintings captures the emotional landscapes tied to Prempeh’s matrilineal history, particularly her mother, Carmen, and her grandmother. Central to the exhibition is Carmen’s return to St. Vincent after 40 years, an experience that allowed Prempeh to witness the transformation of familiar places through the lens of migration and time.
Mildred liked the water, 2024, Oil, Acrylic and Schlag metal on Canvas. 150 x 190.5cm | 59 x 75in
Mildred liked the water, 2024, Oil, Acrylic and Schlag metal on Canvas. 150 x 190.5cm | 59 x 75in
Belonging In-Between | Emma Prempeh
Belonging In-Between | Emma Prempeh
Emma Prempeh, a London-based artist, grounds her practice in the exploration of blackness, memory, and ancestral time. A graduate of Goldsmiths University and the Royal College of Art, Prempeh employs a cinematic approach to her paintings, using deep tonal layers to evoke personal and historical narratives. Her work is distinguished by the application of schlag metal—an alloy that oxidizes over time—creating a dynamic, ever-evolving surface that mirrors the fluid nature of memory and transformation. Through this process, she weaves together selfhood, lineage, and the passage of time, inviting viewers to engage with the shifting textures of recollection and presence. Prempeh’s installations often incorporate projected imagery, expanding her visual storytelling into immersive, performative encounters. Her recent exhibitions span international institutions, including Tiwani Contemporary in London and Lagos, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and Bwo Art Gallery in Douala. With each presentation, she continues to push the boundaries of contemporary painting, positioning her work at the intersection of personal history and collective experience.
Emma Prempeh, a London-based artist, grounds her practice in the exploration of blackness, memory, and ancestral time. A graduate of Goldsmiths University and the Royal College of Art, Prempeh employs a cinematic approach to her paintings, using deep tonal layers to evoke personal and historical narratives. Her work is distinguished by the application of schlag metal—an alloy that oxidizes over time—creating a dynamic, ever-evolving surface that mirrors the fluid nature of memory and transformation. Through this process, she weaves together selfhood, lineage, and the passage of time, inviting viewers to engage with the shifting textures of recollection and presence. Prempeh’s installations often incorporate projected imagery, expanding her visual storytelling into immersive, performative encounters. Her recent exhibitions span international institutions, including Tiwani Contemporary in London and Lagos, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and Bwo Art Gallery in Douala. With each presentation, she continues to push the boundaries of contemporary painting, positioning her work at the intersection of personal history and collective experience.
Emma Prempeh, a London-based artist, grounds her practice in the exploration of blackness, memory, and ancestral time. A graduate of Goldsmiths University and the Royal College of Art, Prempeh employs a cinematic approach to her paintings, using deep tonal layers to evoke personal and historical narratives. Her work is distinguished by the application of schlag metal—an alloy that oxidizes over time—creating a dynamic, ever-evolving surface that mirrors the fluid nature of memory and transformation. Through this process, she weaves together selfhood, lineage, and the passage of time, inviting viewers to engage with the shifting textures of recollection and presence. Prempeh’s installations often incorporate projected imagery, expanding her visual storytelling into immersive, performative encounters. Her recent exhibitions span international institutions, including Tiwani Contemporary in London and Lagos, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and Bwo Art Gallery in Douala. With each presentation, she continues to push the boundaries of contemporary painting, positioning her work at the intersection of personal history and collective experience.
Tiwani Contemporary is a leading gallery dedicated to showcasing artists from Africa and its diaspora, fostering global dialogue on experience and belonging. Founded in London in 2011 by Maria Varnava with guidance from curator Bisi Silva, the gallery expanded to Lagos in 2022 and Mayfair, London, in 2023. It presents emerging and established artists across its two locations, collaborating with major international institutions and collectors. Tiwani has placed artists’ works in renowned museums such as Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Pompidou Centre, reinforcing its commitment to advancing their careers on a global scale.
Tiwani Contemporary is a leading gallery dedicated to showcasing artists from Africa and its diaspora, fostering global dialogue on experience and belonging. Founded in London in 2011 by Maria Varnava with guidance from curator Bisi Silva, the gallery expanded to Lagos in 2022 and Mayfair, London, in 2023. It presents emerging and established artists across its two locations, collaborating with major international institutions and collectors. Tiwani has placed artists’ works in renowned museums such as Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Pompidou Centre, reinforcing its commitment to advancing their careers on a global scale.
Tiwani Contemporary is a leading gallery dedicated to showcasing artists from Africa and its diaspora, fostering global dialogue on experience and belonging. Founded in London in 2011 by Maria Varnava with guidance from curator Bisi Silva, the gallery expanded to Lagos in 2022 and Mayfair, London, in 2023. It presents emerging and established artists across its two locations, collaborating with major international institutions and collectors. Tiwani has placed artists’ works in renowned museums such as Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Pompidou Centre, reinforcing its commitment to advancing their careers on a global scale.
Tiwani Contemporary is a leading gallery dedicated to showcasing artists from Africa and its diaspora, fostering global dialogue on experience and belonging. Founded in London in 2011 by Maria Varnava with guidance from curator Bisi Silva, the gallery expanded to Lagos in 2022 and Mayfair, London, in 2023. It presents emerging and established artists across its two locations, collaborating with major international institutions and collectors. Tiwani has placed artists’ works in renowned museums such as Tate Modern, MoMA, and the Pompidou Centre, reinforcing its commitment to advancing their careers on a global scale.
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Memory is not static. It is tactile, layered, and ever-shifting; etched into the surfaces of our lives through material, texture, and form. Material Memory brings together the works of Anthony Azekwoh, Gbemileke Adekunle, and Saheed Adelakun, three artists who engage deeply with the physicality of memory, using material as both a medium and a metaphor for personal and collective histories.
Memory is not static. It is tactile, layered, and ever-shifting; etched into the surfaces of our lives through material, texture, and form. Material Memory brings together the works of Anthony Azekwoh, Gbemileke Adekunle, and Saheed Adelakun, three artists who engage deeply with the physicality of memory, using material as both a medium and a metaphor for personal and collective histories.