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Arnolfini - est 1961
Arnolfini - est 1961

Reporter/Writer on African affairs, migrations, culture, Europe/UK/France, Melissa Cheham – and long time riend of Arnolfini – is also the author of the book ‘Out of the Comfort Zone’, about Bristol’s music/art and activism, digging into multiculturalism and the ghosts of colonial past.

Here Melissa shares the time she spent exploring African art in Bristol, including exhibitions by Nengi Omuku and Adébayo Bolaji at Arnolfini.

Part I – Bristol’s Arnolfini

…in Bristol for only a few hours, I spent 55 minutes with two mesmerising shows, which brought me to another part of Africa: Nigeria.

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About the Artist

Nengi Omuku

Nigerian artist Nengi Omuku’s exhibition The Dance of People and the Natural World at Arnolfini Summer 2024.

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A colour photograph of artist Adébayo Bolaji stood in between his artworks No Beauty Without Struggle and The Vessel, both of which are 400cm in height. Adébayo Bolaji is dressed in a long, black coat over a peach coloured shirt and pale green trousers. He wears brown shoes and a dark blue, woolen hat with the word Celine stitched in white. He has just above shoulder length black hair and a beard and looks directly at the camera.

Adébayo Bolaji

Adébayo Bolaji, is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in London, England. At the centre of his practice is the dialogue of change and the focus of the individual within a connecting society.

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