Featured on page 60 of Art Quarterly’s Spring 2025 edition, this piece highlights Osaru’s collaboration with the Horniman Museum, including a three-week residency funded by Art Fund and the resulting commissioned work from 2024.
Her paintings and sculptures, made from a mix of sand (earth), acrylic, and bronze, do exactly that. They are fully grounded in the earth and elevated by modern sensibilities, telling stories that transcend time.
Osaru Obaseki was invited as a guest speaker at the 7th edition of Africa Talks, held during the 33rd African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL) in Milan. Organized in collaboration with Fondazione Edu, the roundtable centered on the theme “Creativity, Perspectives, and Changes in the Visual Arts,”
She is one of the many rising artists in Africa who is making a big wave in the Contemporary art scene. In 2017, she joined Nosona Studios under the Edo global centre platform.
Osaru speaks about the art of re-shaping values. Taking us through her personal journey, her art journey and her moments of introspection, re-evaluation, unlearning and relearning. She is one of the many rising artists in Africa who has carved a niche in the contemporary art Scene.