Remi Ajani
Fractured self
Imagine yourself as a mosaic—each shard a memory, each fragment a story. Identity is fragmented, nonlinear, imperfect. Through collage, artists reassemble past and present into visual diaries, embracing the messiness of memory to reveal a self that is ever-evolving, resilient, and beautifully incomplete.
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In this episode, we explore the expressive world of Remi Ajani, a London-born artist whose practice flows between figuration and abstraction. Her vibrant brushstrokes, layered textures, and radiant colors create emotional landscapes alive with movement. Ajani dives into the shifting layers of identity, weaving together fragments with immediacy and presence. A Slade graduate and 2023 Villa Lena resident, her work is shaped by a deep engagement with process. Her 2023 solo show at Sid Motion Gallery revealed a practice attuned to dualities—presence and absence, longing and reassembly. Her paintings invite us to reflect not just on the self, but on seeing itself. Through color as language, Ajani captures the beauty in fragmentation—a kaleidoscopic celebration of becoming.
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Time Travel… Memories, 2023
From the golden glow of connection, we are swept into the dreamlike haze of ""Time Travel… Memories."" A crowd gathers, its figures caught in a dance between presence and absence. Faces and forms blur into muted yellows and shadowy grays, evoking the texture of a memory just out of reach.
One arm raised in motion draws us into the scene, yet the fragmented composition reflects how gatherings live on in our minds—not as complete stories, but as scattered moments stitched together by emotion. Ajani turns the act of remembering into art, transforming the collective into something deeply personal.
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