Jasmine Oguns

Jasmine Oguns works in masks, terracotta, and bronze, pulling from Yoruba, Benin, and Igbo traditions, with pieces that also reach into wider West and Central African references.

Some works are close to their inherited forms: an Ikenga figure, a Gelede mask, a Nok terracotta head. Others take that same vocabulary somewhere more personal, like For My Father, Hopes for My Child, and Celestial Mandala. The shapes already carry centuries of meaning. Her work is finding what they still have to say.

Bridging Our Cultures ran from July 13th until the 14th of August, with an opening reception on Sunday, July 12th. Jasmine works in masks, terracotta, and bronze, pulling from Yoruba, Benin, and Igbo traditions, showing alongside Ghanaian painter John Kwame Eduafo. Two countries, two mediums, the same instinct: look back at where you're from, and put it on a wall.