The past few days have been incredibly engaging | Booth 5 - 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair New York.
Hyper-Figuration at the 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair New York 2026. Featuring works by Deborah Segun, Soji Adesina, and Afeez Onakoya.
Explore the works via the link in our bio.
We look forward to welcoming everyone this weekend.
Booth 5
Date: 13th - 17th May 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building 600 W. 27th St Manhattan, New York
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 17 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
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Installation Views | Booth 5 - 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair New York.
Hyper-Figuration is now live at the 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair New York 2026. Featuring works by Deborah Segun, Soji Adesina, and Afeez Onakoya.
Hyper Figuration assembles the practices of these artists to examine an intensified mode of figuration; one in which scale, proportion, and colour are deliberately amplified to communicate emotional and psychological resonance. Here, the figure moves beyond representation, becoming an active site through which identity, perception, and interiority are negotiated.
It was a pleasure welcoming our VIP guests to the booth. We look forward to welcoming everyone throughout the weekend.
Booth 5
Date: 13th - 17th May 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building 600 W. 27th St Manhattan, New York
VIP & Press preview:
Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday 14 May 2026, 11 am – 4 pm
Public opening:
Thursday 14 May 2026, 4 pm – 8 pm
Friday 15 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 17 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
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✨ 1-54 NYC: A look back at the VIP and Press Preview Day 1✨
Yesterday marked the opening of the fair’s 12th edition, welcoming VIP guests and members of the press for a first look at this year’s presentations, special projects, and installations.
Take a look back at moments from the opening day as the fair continues through the week.
🎟 If you haven’t purchased your tickets for the upcoming dates, head to the 1-54 website or the link in bio.
🗓️ VIP & Press Preview: Thursday 14 May 2026, 11 am – 4 pm
📅 Chelsea Lates: Thursday 14 May 2026, 4 pm – 8 pm
📅 Public Days: Friday 15 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm Saturday 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm Sunday 17 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
📍 Starrett-Lehigh Building, 600 W. 27th St, Manhattan, New York
Photo credit: Zack Paris
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Galleries on our radar at 1-54 New York.
Dedicated to contemporary African art and the diaspora, 1-54 brings together galleries from across the globe each year during NYC art week. The fair has become known for presentations that feel deeply rooted in culture, storytelling, and global perspectives, and these are a few galleries we’ll be following throughout the week.
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Hyper-Figuration | 1’54 Contemporary Art Fair 13 - 17 May 2026, New York. Featuring works by Afeez Onakoya, Deborah Segun and Soji Adesina.
Together, these three artists demonstrate how figuration can be intensified without losing subtlety. Hyper-Figuration here is not about spectacle; it is about focus. By amplifying specific elements shape, colour, contour, structure they open pathways for deeper reading and emotional engagement. In their hands, distortion becomes truth, and the figure becomes a vessel for layered narratives within contemporary African art.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Booth 5
Date: 13th - 17th May 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building 600 W. 27th St Manhattan, New York
VIP & Press preview:
Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday 14 May 2026, 11 am – 4 pm
Public opening:
Thursday 14 May 2026, 4 pm – 8 pm
Friday 15 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 17 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
#odaart #artfair #154artfair #contemporaryart
Today, O’DA Art opens its presentation at 1’54 Contemporary Art Fair 13 - 17 May 2026, in New York. Featuring works by Deborah Segun, Soji Adesina, and Afeez Onakoya.
Hyper Figuration assembles the practices of these artists to examine an intensified mode of figuration; one in which scale, proportion, and colour are deliberately amplified to communicate emotional and psychological resonance. Here, the figure moves beyond representation, becoming an active site through which identity, perception, and interiority are negotiated.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Booth 5
Date: 13th - 17th May 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building 600 W. 27th St Manhattan, New York
VIP & Press preview:
Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday 14 May 2026, 11 am – 4 pm
Public opening:
Thursday 14 May 2026, 4 pm – 8 pm
Friday 15 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 17 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
#odaart #artfair #154artfair #contemporaryart
O’DA Art is pleased announce its participation at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York 2026.
We present HYPER-FIGURATION, featuring works by Deborah Segun, Soji Adesina, and Afeez Onakoya.
Hyper Figuration assembles the practices of these artists to examine an intensified mode of figuration; one in which scale, proportion, and colour are deliberately amplified to communicate emotional and psychological resonance. Here, the figure moves beyond representation, becoming an active site through which identity, perception, and interiority are negotiated.
Together, these three artists demonstrate how figuration can be intensified without losing subtlety. Hyper-Figuration here is not about spectacle; it is about focus. By amplifying specific elements shape, colour, contour, structure they open pathways for deeper reading and emotional engagement. In their hands, distortion becomes truth, and the figure becomes a vessel for layered narratives within contemporary African art.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Date: 13 - 17 May 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building 600 W. 27th St Manhattan, New York
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Presented at Kates-Ferri Projects @katesferriprojects in collaboration with O’DA Art @o.da_art , Crossing Cultures: Where Form Meets Form brings together artists working across African and diasporic contexts whose practices move between abstraction, figuration, sculpture, textile, and image-making. In the exhibition, form becomes a way of negotiating identity, vulnerability, memory, and social space.
The presentation includes works by Soji Adesina @sojisday , Jonah Bulus, Damien Davis @damiendavis , Turiya Magadlela @turiya_magadlela , Samuel Nnorom @nnoromsamuel , Afeez Onakoya @onakoya_afeez , Dana Robinson @alphabet_party , and Deborah Segun @deborah_jayde .
The project also includes a month-long fashion presentation by OBIDA @obida , positioning clothing as another site where identity and representation are constructed and performed.
Details:
- Kates-Ferri Projects: 561 Grand Street, NYC
- Fri & Sat 12-6 PM | Sun. 12-5 PM
- On view May 8 - June 7, 2026
🎥 Artist Spotlight: Soji Adesina—inside the studio 🎥
Presented at 1-54 New York 2026, the Nigerian-British multidisciplinary artist works across painting, film, and photography, shaping a practice grounded in experimentation and material inquiry.
Within his studio, his work is characterised by an experimental approach to material and colour, where abstraction, metaphor, and narrative intersect to engage questions of identity, culture, globalisation, and migration, while reflecting on broader dialogues around tradition, modernity, and the African experience. His process is intuitive yet deliberate. The studio becomes a site of reflection and construction—where recurring motifs, including solitary figures and vividly rendered skin tones, serve to question representation and presence.
He has exhibited internationally, including at AKAA Paris (2023), São Paulo Arte (2023), Making Face (Rele Gallery, Lagos, 2024–2025), Black Figuration Is Alive and Well (O’DA Art Gallery, Lagos, 2025), Marks of Our Future Past (O’DA Art Gallery, Lagos, 2025), and Pangea (New York, 2025).
🎟️ Get your tickets via the link in bio
🗓️ VIP & Press Preview:
Wednesday 13 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Thursday 14 May 2026, 11 am – 4 pm
📅 Chelsea Lates:
Thursday 14 May 2026, 4 pm – 8 pm
📅 Public days:
Friday 15 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 17 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
📍 Starrett-Lehigh Building, 600 W. 27th St, Manhattan, New York
What an amazing weekend THANKS 2 ALL who came to support CROSSING CULTURES collaboration with @katesferriprojects & @o.da_art with Nigerian fashions designed by @obida for @obida.culture weekly drop’s! Come through until June 7th Thursday-Sunday noon-6pm.
Crossing Cultures - Turiya Magadlela
Title: Blue Composition
Medium: Nylon Pantyhose on Canvas
Size: 59x59 in.
Year: 2022
Magadlela’s subject matter oscillates between articulations of personal experiences of womanhood and motherhood and narratives stemming from the fraught history of black South Africans. Her oeuvre engages in an ongoing dialogue regarding the colonisation of black bodies and women, a theme that is particularly resonant in her use of materials with a capitalist character, a pertinent consideration in an era where commodification is increasingly relevant.
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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002
#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork
Crossing Cultures - Turiya Magadlela
Turiya Magadlela, a South African artist born in Johannesburg in 1978, employs art-making techniques historically associated with women, utilising sewing and embroidery on a range of conceptually charged fabrics, from pantyhose to correctional service uniforms. These materials are transformed into abstract compositions through cutting, stitching, folding, and stretching, ultimately affixed to wooden frames. Magadlela’s subject matter oscillates between articulations of personal experiences of womanhood and motherhood and narratives stemming from the fraught history of black South Africans. Her oeuvre engages in an ongoing dialogue regarding the colonisation of black bodies and women, a theme that is particularly resonant in her use of materials with a capitalist character, a pertinent consideration in an era where commodification is increasingly relevant.
Magadlela has garnered significant attention both nationally and internationally, including the presentation of a solo exhibition at The Armory Show in New York City in 2017, as well as participating in numerous group exhibitions such as Blue Black, curated by Glenn Ligon at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation; Simple Passion, Complex Vision: The Darryl Atwell Collection at the Gantt Centre; The Past is Present at Jack Shainmann Gallery; and Blackness in Abstraction at Pace Gallery. In recognition of her exceptional talent.Magadlela was awarded the prestigious FNB Art Prize in 2015. Her academic background includes study at the University of Johannesburg and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.
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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002
#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork
