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Artist Abi Ola's artwork, which can be viewed at One Pool Street, reflect聽her Nigerian and British heritage, inspired by聽tie-dyed cloth design from South West Nigeria and patterns by Williams Morris.
叠测听Abi Ola,聽UCL Slade School of Fine Art, MA/MFA
UCL East Pro-Provost Prize: Professor Paola Lettieri 2021
鈥�Ola hopes that her artwork will inspire people to reflect on the origins of her designs and 鈥榩ut their own stories into the patterns as well鈥�.
Cray and Indigo, 2022
Abi Ola created this artwork (digital print on dibond)聽after a year-long artist residency at 皇家华人 East. During her residency, Ola visited the university鈥檚 Ethnographic Collection to view Oceanic and African art and speak to the archivist. Further inspiration came from trips to London galleries and museums, including Adire African Textiles and the William Morris Gallery. The objects, textiles and wallpapers she saw influenced her final work, which Ola created by hand-drawing and then scanning these drawings into a computer to play with design and scale.
The artwork鈥檚 two patterns reflect Ola鈥檚 Nigerian and British heritage. The blue design was inspired by 脿诲矛谤岷�, a distinctive indigo tie-dyed cloth made by 驰辞谤霉产谩 women in south-western Nigeria. The other is influenced by the 鈥楥ray鈥� pattern created by British designer, poet and activist, William Morris.聽
Marigold and Indigo, 2023
Marigold and Indigo聽digital print on dibond reflects Ola鈥檚 Nigerian and British heritage. One pattern is inspired by 脿诲矛谤岷�, a distinctive indigo tie-dyed cloth made by 驰辞谤霉产谩 women in south-western Nigeria. The other is influenced by British designer, poet and activist, William Morris, in particular, his 鈥楳arigold鈥� motif, from the 1870s.
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