I’ll be speaking at the Blast! Residency Artist Talks at the Wolverhampton School of Art.
During my residency, I’ve been developing a body of work across drawing, painting and sculpture exploring memory, migration, and the body as a site of transformation.
These works sit within my ongoing inquiry into form, materials, and the metaphysical, where charcoal, pigment and surface become carriers of lived and ancestral experience.
📍 Wolverhampton School of Art
🗓 Wednesday 29 April
🕕 Talks: 6 – 7.15pm
🥂 Exhibition + drinks: 7.15 – 8pm
Booking via @multistory bio 🔗
(or drop in at any point)
Featuring:
@coleabraham@sylwia_ciszewska_peciak@hello_levesque@b4g_lord@marykeepsgoing
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Abraham Babajide Cole has made a film documenting his time as a Blast! Artist in Residence.
Developed during a residency at the Wolverhampton School of Art, Terrains of Memory builds on the artist’s ongoing exploration of identity, memory, and the body through abstraction. Shaped by time spent in the Black Country, the work reflects on how place, history and material leave traces on the human condition.
Edited by Abraham Babajide Cole. Filming by Sodiq Odusile.
To learn more about Abraham's practice, and to hear the other artists talk about their research and the work they developed during their residencies, join us for for the launch of the residency programme group show on Wednesday 29 April. At the Wolverhampton School of Art, 6-8pm ✨
To book your tickets to the artist talks visit the link in our bio 🔗 Or just drop in to see the show between 7.15 - 8pm - a selection of drinks and snacks will be served.
@coleabraham@sylwia_ciszewska_peciak@hello_levesque@b4g_lord@marykeepsgoing
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Join us for an evening of artist talks by the fifth cohort of BCN artists in residence; Abraham Babajide Cole, Sylwia Ciszewska-Peciak, Sonia Levesque, Bag Lord, Rumbidzai Savanhu.
Produced in partnership between Multistory and The Wolverhampton School of Art as part of Multistory’s artist development programme, the residency supports five emerging Black Country based artists each year with time, space, funding and critical mentorship. The artists’ presence activates the building as a site of exchange between students and the professional art world; opening access to the school's specialist facilities to the wider arts community, while contributing to a multidisciplinary culture of shared learning.
Rather than presenting work in its final state, the exhibition shares work in progress, reflecting the programme’s commitment to supporting practice as research, and providing space for artistic experimentation and play.
Talks from 6-7.15pm, opened with a participatory performance in the foyer gallery by artist Sonia Levesque. Booking for the talks is required due to capacity - link in @multistory bio to book 🔗
Stay and explore their work afterwards 💫
Image: Sonia Levesque performs 'Eulogy to an art school', a new permanent artwork on the residency studio wall in invisible ink.
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@wlv_photo@wlvcreativeindustries@aceagrams
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Artist Spotlight - @coleabraham
Abraham Babajide Cole is a Nigerian-born multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, textiles, and digital design.
His practice blends material experimentation with visual storytelling to explore migration, spirituality, identity, and cultural memory.
Drawing from Yoruba heritage and diasporic histories, Cole’s work blends personal and collective narratives with traditional patterns and contemporary themes.
His evolving practice reflects the psychological and spiritual shifts of navigating multiple places, cultures, and temporal realities.
#blackartist #contemporaryart #explore #fineart #visualart
This year, while developing new charcoal and oil stick works within my ongoing Ijinlẹ Ara series, I’ve been thinking deeply about land, roots, and the body as a vessel for ancestral knowledge. The series began as a metaphysical inquiry into Yoruba understandings of self, but it has since expanded toward ecology, labour, and the quiet intelligence of rural life and neglected spaces
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I am excited with the exploration of this trajectory through the BCN residency starting today with The Multistory & The Wolverhmpton School of Art.
I’ve been thinking deeply about land, roots, and the body as a vessel for ancestral knowledge. A series began as a metaphysical inquiry into Yoruba understandings of self consciousness and anxiety, but it has since expanded toward ecology, labour, and the quiet intelligence of rural life and neglected spaces.
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We recently had the opportunity to visit Bound by Roots, Divided by Paths, a solo exhibition by Abraham Babajide Cole at Dudley Library.
The exhibition brought together paintings, drawings and clay works to explore ideas of migration, identity, and belonging.
Walking through the space, you felt a strong sense of connection; to ancestry, to movement, and to shared human experience.
Cole’s approach turns migration into something deeply personal yet universal, reminding us that while our journeys may differ, we’re all bound by where we come from.
#contemporaryart #blackartist #acrylicpainting #visualart #foryoupagе
Artist Talk + Closing Day Exhibition
Join me this Friday, 31st October, at Dudley Library from 11 AM – 1 PM for an engaging artist talk as we close the exhibition.
I’ll be sharing insights into my creative process, the stories behind my works, and the themes that shape my practice, from migration and identity to cultural memory and spirituality.
Come connect, reflect, and celebrate the journey together. 🖤
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An Exhibition by Abraham Babajide Cole
Bound By Roots, Divided By Paths.
A self-initiated, organic exhibition exploring migration, identity, and belonging through the eyes of a Nigerian artist living in the diaspora.
A glimpse into stories that travel across time and space told through layered textures, masks, and memory.
Venue:
Dudley Library, St James Street, West Midlands, UK
DY1 1HR
Dates: 1 – 31 October 2025
Time: Monday – Saturday, 9 AM – 5 PM
Come experience this dialogue of heritage, hope and not just displacement, a celebration of shared humanity and evolving identity.
#BoundByRoots #MigrationStory #NigerianArt #DiasporaArt #ContemporaryAfricanArt #ArtExhibition #YorubaArt #IdentityInArt #AfricanArt #AbrahamColeArt #westmidlandsart
