Rob Omodiagbe

LIGHTWORKS is excited to announce our participation in VOLTA Basel 2026 this June in the Frische section. Presented under the curatorial theme "Structures of Being", the booth brings together works by Ruth Maria Obrist and Rob Omodiagbe in a powerful dialogue exploring identity, memory, emotional architecture, and the complexity of the human condition. Through sculpture and painting, "Structures of Being" reflects on the ways we construct and protect our inner worlds. Ruth Maria Obrist’s sculptural works investigate the idea of home as both psychological shelter and fragile emotional structure, while Rob Omodiagbe’s expressive figurative paintings externalise contemporary life through humour, vulnerability, social commentary, and raw emotional immediacy. Together, the presentation creates a psychological landscape balancing structure and spontaneity, silence and voice, order and chaos. 📍 Hall 4.U, Congress Center, Messeplatz 21 📅 17–21 June We are very much looking forward to exhibiting in Basel again and connecting with collectors, curators, galleries, and art lovers from around the world. We also have a limited number of complimentary tickets available — please send us a DM or contact us directly if you would like to attend. #VOLTABasel #ArtBaselWeek #lightworksgallery

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We’re off to San Francisco!

Something new… Ashes “I’ve known loss.” she said, touching the locket that lay on her chest. “My dog.” Her parents sat separately on the mantelpiece.

Something new for a year on its way out... Hard Black.

I’m now represented by Galerie94 in Switzerland. I’ve only been doing this for two years. One downside to this is that sometimes I think a painting is finished too early (call it ‘premature joculation’). So here, again and finally, is ‘Stumble’. “For selfish reasons, he let the wrong woman love him. Then took love for granted until it stopped.”

Thank you, Luxembourg. Hope I bloody win <wink> /en/finalists-en/

Hot Flash She sipped her Manhattan, smiled, and then confessed, ‘’I’m not actually 48. I’m 53.” Moments later, she reached into her handbag and pulled out an electric fan… 30×40 inches, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas

Happy to be one of the painters, sculptors, ceramicists and film makers selected for the Arte Laguna Prize exhibition in Shanghai this November. #artelagunaprize

Something from last year that I thought I posted already… SECOND DATE, LAST DATE acrylic and oil pastel on canvas

New digs, new work… Gonna be at The Other Art Fair next month (thanks Dina Meier @lightworks_gallery ) and have some free tickets, so holler if you want one.