Past
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A History Unmasked for Christies Lates: Voices of Black Artistry
Christies Lates 27 Sep 2024 Welcome to Akoje Gallery’s curated exhibition ‘A History Unmasked’. Founded in 2023 by Khalil Akar and professional rugby player Maro Itoje, Akoje Gallery is dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented artists from Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. This exhibition, bringing together three amazing visual artists along with the... Read more -
A Garden's Beauty Never Lies In One Flower
Launch Exhibition 12 - 13 Dec 2023 Welcome to Akoje Gallery's inaugural exhibition, a vibrant celebration of art and culture from around the world, with a special focus on the voices of African, Caribbean, and diaspora artists. As a gallery dedicated to giving these exceptional talents the recognition they deserve on a global stage, we are thrilled... Read more -
In Our Days
Oluwole Omofemi Solo Exhibition 1 - 30 Sep 2021 Signature African Art announces a new solo exhibition, In Our Days by celebrated Nigerian artist Oluwole Omofemi. Entitled In Our Days, the exhibition will be arranged across the gallery’s basement and ground floors, and is formed of 15 large-scale portraits of women and children, as well as a number of... Read more -
A History Untold
Presented by Maro Itoje 20 May - 19 Jun 2021 A strong advocate for education and the Black Curriculum, the theme of the exhibition was conceptualised by Itoje and inspired by his personal experience of schooling on Black history. A History Untold features new work by six African and Diaspora artists. These works celebrate Black history and the contributions Black... Read more -
Say My Name
Group Exhibition, presented by Ava DuVernay 27 Oct - 24 Dec 2020 Signature African Art presents Say My Name, two exhibitions of works curated
by Khalil Akar and presented by acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay in London from 27 October 2020 and in Los Angeles in February 2021. Say My Name resonates with the Black Lives Matter movement through new works which celebrate influential figures and moments in Black history in the UK and the USA. The exhibitions coincide with Black History Month in both countries. Read more -
The Way We Were
Oluwole Omofemi solo exhibition 12 Mar - 9 Apr 2020 Entitled The Way We Were, the exhibition is a celebration of Afrocentric pride, as well as reflection on the post-colonial era. The British artist Claudette Johnson has talked of the ‘fiction of blackness’ that colonialism left in its wake and of the need for people to assert their identity through their own stories. Omofemi embraces this idea, focussing on the importance of hair amongst black
communities. Read more
