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  There is a saying in Yoruba: Odo toba gbagbe orisun re, yoo gbe. This implies that any river that forgets its source will dry. Culture is meant to be preserved. The extent to which indigenous culture is seen as primitive cannot be overemphasized. Consequently, this happens to be the...

THE NEWARK ARTS FESTIVAL EXHIBITION  through October 29,2023 featuring Joseph Eze Construction 7 How does culture influence the artistic process? How does culture impact a community? Each of us has our own thoughts, perceptions, behaviors, and expressions based on our lived experience. Adopting a cross-cultural perspective starts with listening and...

Dozie Arts is proud to present "IHÚ", an exhibition of sixteen new paintings by Joseph Eze. After the success of "ATITI" (or, in English, "Waste"), his first solo show in the United States which opened in 2021, Eze returns to New York for his second with a deeply poetic and...

ARTS FROM THE MOTHERLAND Dozie Arts is proud to present 'Arts from the Motherland', an exhibition introducing new work from eleven exciting emerging artists drawn from Africa and the African Diaspora. The richness of traditional African cultures, the painful passage into and through colonialism and the deep shadows and conflicts...

   Atiti which means “waste” in Igbo Language . The exhibition is titled ÀTÌTÌ..(an Igbo word for WASTE.) The exhibition by Joseph Eze examines the life of people living at the so called bottom of social structure. They might be considered unimportant just like waste, but their lives are full of deep and diverse stories as depicted in the various paintings   The event will kick off in Brooklyn on Friday November 5th  at the Thames Art  Center 147 Thames St Brooklyn NY 11237 at 5pm and end around 9pm .The paintings will be available for public viewing through November  12th .  Tickets are free  atiti.eventbrite.com  

I would like  to dedicate my first Blog to my beautiful mother Chief Mrs. Anthonia Ugokwe . A woman of strong virtue , resilience , and philanthropist . You have been the rock behind me in every decision I've taken in life , whether good or bad . I want...