Overview

Àsìkò {Asiko} is a UK based Nigerian conceptual artist who explores his ideas within the medium of photography, mixed media and film. His work is constructed in the narrative that straddles between fantasy and reality as a response to his experiences of identity, culture and heritage. 

Works
  • Àsìkò, Forest Garden II, 2023
    Àsìkò
    Forest Garden II, 2023
    Glicéé Print
    19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    50 x 50 cm
    Edition of 5
    Series: Guardians Of The Forest
    Àsìkò, Forest Garden II, 2023
    $ 4,160.00
  • Àsìkò, From The Land II , 2023
    Àsìkò
    From The Land II , 2023
    Glicéé Print
    17 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
    43.5 x 55 cm
    Edition of 5
    Series: Guardians Of The Land
    Àsìkò, From The Land II , 2023
    $ 4,000.00
  • Àsìkò, Guardians At The Gate I, 2023
    Àsìkò
    Guardians At The Gate I, 2023
    Glicéé Print
    17 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
    43.5 x 55 cm
    Edition of 5
    Series: Guardians At The Gate
    Àsìkò, Guardians At The Gate I, 2023
    $ 4,000.00
  • Àsìkò, Guardians At The Gate II, 2023
    Àsìkò
    Guardians At The Gate II, 2023
    Glicéé Print
    17 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
    43.5 x 55 cm
    Edition of 5
    Series: Guardians At The Gate
    Àsìkò, Guardians At The Gate II, 2023
    $ 4,000.00
  • Àsìkò, Guardians Congregations, 2023
    Àsìkò
    Guardians Congregations, 2023
    Glicéé Print
    19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
    50 x 50 cm
    Edition of 5
    Series: Guardians Of The Forest
    Àsìkò, Guardians Congregations, 2023
    $ 4,162.00
  • Àsìkò, Where Growth Happens , 2023
    Àsìkò
    Where Growth Happens , 2023
    Glicéé Print
    17 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
    43.5 x 55 cm
    Edition of 5
    Series: Guardians Of The Land
    Àsìkò, Where Growth Happens , 2023
    $ 4,000.00
  • Àsìkò, An Ocean Of Feeling, 2021
    Àsìkò
    An Ocean Of Feeling, 2021
    Metallic Print
    39 3/8 x 26 3/8 in
    100 x 67 cm
    Edition of 3
    Series: Fabric Of My Being
    Àsìkò, An Ocean Of Feeling, 2021
    $ 8,000.00
  • Digital photograph by Nigerian artist Àsìkò, depicts a dark-skinned woman wearing that looks like tribal clothes, with a halo around her head, if front of a background reminiscent of a sky at twilight
    Àsìkò
    Cosmologies and Philosophies, 2021
    Aluminium dibond in black oak frame with passé-partout
    26 1/4 x 18 3/8 in
    66.7 x 46.7 cm
    Edition of 4
    Series: She Is Adorned
    Àsìkò, Cosmologies and Philosophies, 2021
    $ 3,935.00
  • Àsìkò, In The Rising Day, 2021
    Àsìkò
    In The Rising Day, 2021
    Metallic Print
    31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
    80 x 80 cm
    Edition of 4
    Series: Fabric Of My Being
    Àsìkò, In The Rising Day, 2021
    $ 5,958.00
  • Àsìkò, Oduduwa, 2021
    Àsìkò
    Oduduwa, 2021
    Metallic Print
    29 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
    75 x 50 cm
    Edition of 4
    Series: On Myth and Legend
    Àsìkò, Oduduwa, 2021
    $ 7,440.00
  • Àsìkò, Ogun, 2021
    Àsìkò
    Ogun, 2021
    Metallic Print
    41 3/8 x 27 1/2 in
    105 x 70 cm
    Edition of 4
    Series: On Myth and Legend
    Àsìkò, Ogun, 2021
    $ 9,700.00
  • Àsìkò, Osun, 2021
    Àsìkò
    Osun, 2021
    Metallic Print
    47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in
    120 x 80 cm
    Edition of 3
    Series: On Myth and Legend
    Àsìkò, Osun, 2021
    $ 10,745.00
  • Àsìkò, Oya, 2021
    Àsìkò
    Oya, 2021
    Metallic Print
    29 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
    75 x 50 cm
    Edition of 4
    Series: On Myth and Legend
    Àsìkò, Oya, 2021
    $ 7,440.00
  • Àsìkò, Constellations of Beauty, 2020
    Àsìkò
    Constellations of Beauty, 2020
    Metallic Print
    26 1/4 x 18 3/8 in
    66.7 x 46.7 cm
    Edition of 4
    Series: She is Adorned
    Àsìkò, Constellations of Beauty, 2020
    $ 3,930.00
Biography

Àsìkò {Asiko} is a UK based Nigerian conceptual artist who explores his ideas within the medium of photography, mixed media and film. His work is constructed in the narrative that straddles between fantasy and reality as a response to his experiences of identity, culture and heritage. 

 

Through the use of constructed storytelling and the application of composition, form and movement - Àsìkòs work allows him to draw the viewer into a conceptual narrative that radiates emotions of strength, vulnerability, defiance and loneliness. 

 

The stories told through his images are an anthology of his emotional state and its intersection with culture and identity; they are a love letter to the African story - celebrating the beauty of blackness, womanhood and the African way of life. His work is organic, surreal, emotionally layered, all informed within an African cultural aesthetic as well as his connection to the contemporary world he lives in.

 

Àsìkòs first solo show entitled ‘The Adorned Series’ was shown at Rele gallery in Nigeria in 2016.  A thematic celebration of African heritage; the work explored womanhood and its intersection with culture and adornment through the use of jewellery. His second solo show at the Gallery of African Art in London 2018 entitled ‘Conversations’ explored the space of women in African patriarchy cultural structures through the lens of gender violence. 

 

Àsìkò work has also been exhibited at the ‘SeeMe takes The Armoury’ in New York, The NOW Gallery and the Old Truman Brewery in London.

 

‘Layers’, one of Àsìkòs collaborative works, was exhibited at the South Bank in London and featured on the BBC and Huffington Post. The work explored womanhood and ageing in our current cultural climate.

 

Another of Àsìkò collaborations, a project entitled ‘Looks Like Me’ (Black Panther Portraits) in conjunction with a prominent London talent agency addressed the need for representation and diversity in the media - creating portraits of children to represent the motion picture film posters of the titular characters of 2018 theatrical Marvel release ‘Black Panther’. The images were exhibited at the British Film Institute and The Black Cultural Archives. They were profiled on Britains Channel 4 television, CNN and on Vogue and Essence magazines. They were also celebrated and reposted online by various Hollywood actors and personalities in the entertainment industry, namely Lupita Yongo, Michael B Jordan, Common and Letitia Wright.



 

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