Beauty in Becoming by Mary Damilola Adesakin
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: Thread and Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 18 x 19 in
Year: 2026
Price: $700.00 USD
Status: available
Beauty in Becoming depict the quiet relationship between identity, vulnerability, and growth. The rose symbolizes beauty, love, and renewal, while the thread lines across the face reflect the experiences and memories that shape who we are. With closed eyes and a gentle posture, the figure embraces a moment of stillness, reminding us that strength can be found in silence. Through this piece, I use thread and portraiture to celebrate the beauty found in becoming through self-reflection, resilience, and the quiet courage to embrace one’s journey.
Why collect this work?
The portrait sets a tender floral gesture against a face crossed by insistent parallel lines, presenting identity as something shaped rather than simply revealed.
- Adesakin states that thread connects fragments of memory, identity, and experience in her practice. That intention supports reading the facial lines as accumulated experience, though their effect remains open.
- In the photograph, the figure’s closed eyes and inclined head meet the upright rose at the centre. Black hair, edged in burgundy, expands against vertical green bands, framing this quiet contact.
- The documented thread and acrylic on canvas allow line to function materially as well as pictorially. Across the face, repeated bands describe volume while partly withholding individual likeness.
- Encountered within contemporary portraiture, the work tests how a face can carry biography without relying on detailed realism. Its flower, layered silhouette, and linear mask keep care and constraint visibly intertwined.
About the Artist
Mary Damilola Adesakin
Mary Damilola Adesakin is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: textile. Based in Ile-Ife, NG.
Nationality: Nigerien
My practice explores vulnerability, struggle, and resilience within both personal and collective contexts.
