Fragments of Identity by Benjamin Omoike
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Medium: Ropes/ Fabrics/ Newsprint/ Acrylics on Canvas
Dimensions: 38 x 43 in
Year: 2026
Price: $1000.00 USD
Status: available
This painting explores identity as a layered and evolving experience, expressed through patterns, textures, and bold colors. Each face carries a unique story, reflecting culture, emotion, and personal history, while their shared form suggests a deeper human connection. The fragmented composition symbolizes how identity is shaped from different experiences and influences. Together, the figures create a quiet harmony, reminding us that who we are is not a single story, but a collection of many parts woven into one whole.
Why collect this work?
Six faces are compressed into pointed, interlocking fields, turning portraiture into a study of how individuality persists within an imposed visual order.
- Omoike’s statement identifies identity, unity, community, and African heritage as recurring concerns. Here, that intention is supported by a shared facial format whose internal markings continually change.
- The photograph shows rectangular eyes, angular cheeks, vivid mouths, and patterned head coverings. Repetition holds the group together, while asymmetry and distinct colour combinations prevent the figures from becoming interchangeable.
- The catalogue records rope, fabric, newsprint, and acrylic on canvas. Their combination makes layering and contrasts between printed, patterned, and painted elements possible, but the photograph does not confirm which material forms each passage or how raised the surface is.
- Dated 2026 and measuring 38 by 43 inches, the work gives a concrete form to relational identity: boundaries define each face, yet the tessellated arrangement makes every outline dependent on its neighbours.
About the Artist
Benjamin Omoike
Benjamin Omoike is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: mixed-media. Based in Ogun State , NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
His work blends abstract expression with mixed-media techniques.
