Residency Dates
6 – 20 March 2024
Artist Images
Residency Images
Testimonial
“My time at Xenia was truly a rewarding, freeing and beautiful experience in every way. I was able to see and think of my practice in new ways, experiment and push my boundaries by considering scale and medium combinations.
With the studio/living being in the middle of almost surreal-like endless landscapes, it was healing and immediately weaved its way into my work literally.
I attribute Xenia to a sense of disenthrallment of set ways and a shift into releasing more; this was evident not only in my artistic language but internally.
I left feeling nurtured and full of gratitude as I continue my latest body of work.
I will always keep Xenia and my experience close to my heart.
Super thankful for my time at Xenia and the Xenia family.”
Bio
Born
1991,
USA
About
Nola Ayoola is a multidisciplinary artist whose works are her visual journal.
Through sculptures, portraiture, and woven and cut-out abstract compositions, they encapsulate the philosophy that ‘you cannot understand what you cannot pull apart’. Her works are an observation of her heritage and its profound impact on her identity by storytelling through varying lenses through which she sees and imagines while connecting to and interpreting objects.
Nola’s work is both theoretically and physically layered as a core voice. It's a study of dismantling and assembling while telling stories of interconnection and the synchronisation between the past, present, and what is to come. She describes her work as reticulations of the state of dreams and experiences.
Highlighting the varying complexities of identity, she is heavily triggered by hyper-sensory processing of sensitivity and synesthesia. Naturally connecting sounds, colours, and emotions to each other, she allows her to capture its essence.
Nola’s visual languages pay homage to traditional African craftsmanship practices, from hand-dyed indigo to carved block printing and weaving. The process of hand printing layers (an ode to Yoruba carving techniques and traditional Adire textiles) holds equal importance to the subjects.
While constructing/ deconstructing, her works celebrate representation and shared narratives. She nurtures recurring themes in her interpretations of womanhood, social constructs of gender, human interaction with communities and environments, Yoruba tradition, spirituality, individualism, auras, and the seen/unseen.
For more information about Nola, please visit https://www.instagram.com/nolaayoola
Residency Dates
6 – 20 March 2024
Artist Images
Residency images
Testimonial
“My time at Xenia was truly a rewarding, freeing and beautiful experience in every way. I was able to see and think of my practice in new ways, experiment and push my boundaries by considering scale and medium combinations.
With the studio/living being in the middle of almost surreal-like endless landscapes, it was healing and immediately weaved its way into my work literally.
I attribute Xenia to a sense of disenthrallment of set ways and a shift into releasing more; this was evident not only in my artistic language but internally.
I left feeling nurtured and full of gratitude as I continue my latest body of work.
I will always keep Xenia and my experience close to my heart.
Super thankful for my time at Xenia and the Xenia family.”
About
Nola Ayoola is a multidisciplinary artist whose works are her visual journal.
Through sculptures, portraiture, and woven and cut-out abstract compositions, they encapsulate the philosophy that ‘you cannot understand what you cannot pull apart’. Her works are an observation of her heritage and its profound impact on her identity by storytelling through varying lenses through which she sees and imagines while connecting to and interpreting objects.
Nola’s work is both theoretically and physically layered as a core voice. It's a study of dismantling and assembling while telling stories of interconnection and the synchronisation between the past, present, and what is to come. She describes her work as reticulations of the state of dreams and experiences.
Highlighting the varying complexities of identity, she is heavily triggered by hyper-sensory processing of sensitivity and synesthesia. Naturally connecting sounds, colours, and emotions to each other, she allows her to capture its essence.
Nola’s visual languages pay homage to traditional African craftsmanship practices, from hand-dyed indigo to carved block printing and weaving. The process of hand printing layers (an ode to Yoruba carving techniques and traditional Adire textiles) holds equal importance to the subjects.
While constructing/ deconstructing, her works celebrate representation and shared narratives. She nurtures recurring themes in her interpretations of womanhood, social constructs of gender, human interaction with communities and environments, Yoruba tradition, spirituality, individualism, auras, and the seen/unseen.
For more information about Nola, please visit https://www.instagram.com/nolaayoola