IKESHA AVO

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- Monument,
- Parapsymphony
- Rites
- Rest
- Works from Islands in the City
- Holders
- ONE&WE

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Monument

Monument is an installation. The title reflects a moment within my grief process that possibly comes down to responding to the felt absence of the deceased by building something to dignify their once strong presence. The work observes a life and the installation reflects on how all have different ideas surrounding customs and traditions.

From top left clockwise:

monument (2025) Egg white tempura with pigment on wood, 27cm x 30cm

Installation photo of impermanence (2025) Pastels, gum arabic with pigment on beetroot dyed linen; cardboard tube, 167cm x 137cm

Early roads (2025) gum arabic with pigment on wood, 25cm x 35cm
Installation photo of monument, front line II and Early roads

Garden I (2025) Charcoal on paper, 26cm x 37cm

Front line II (2025) Gum Arabic with pigment on wood, 35cm x 30cm

Installation photo of monument, Front line nd Early roads

Parasymphony

Monoprints made during Dumfries House Residency in Scotland in May 2026. These prints are a response to the giant Redwood trees on the Dumfies House 2000 acre estate. The trees were likely imported to the land. It is a meditation on spirit in relation to designed environments.

From left to right

Parasymphony caa (2026) monoprint, 18 x 12cm

Redwood Beings (2026) quadriptych monoprint, 43 x 34cm

Untitled (2026) monoprint, 18 x 12cm

Rites

Womanhood, becoming and figuring out are a life are the themes in these drawing. The woman is shown in this interior pondering and moving. The interior and her posture reflect the sense of navigating decisions and responsibilities that come with becoming independent in a capitalist society.

Rites i and Rites iii have exhibited at Christie’s London.

From left clockwise

Rites i (2024) charcoal on paper, 380 x 380mm

Rites iii (2024) charcoal on paper, 390 x 385 mm

Rites ii (2024) charcoal on paper, 390 x 390 mm

Rites iv (2024) charcoal on paper, 360 x 365 mm

Works made for Islands in the City

Group exhibition of Caribbean Artist at the Royal Overseas League.
These pieces are my responses to the reported and underreported wars and unrest I have seen over the past five years.

Left to right

“this is capitalism at its finest" / "Take these seeds"
2025, 35 x 30cm Egg white with pigment on wood board

The gift of grief/ Never Catch Me (2025) egg white with pigment on wood board, 35 x 30cm

Rest

Paintings focused on rest and also my early exploration into making paints to work with. not yet titled featured in Tummy Ache magazine.

Top to bottom

not yet titled (2024) gum arabic and pigment on paper, 147 x 95 cm

Studying Mum Rest ii (2024) gum arabic and pigment on paper, 59.5cm x 83.5cm

Holders

within this (2024) 38.5 x 37 cm, gum arabic with pigment on board

within this (2024) 38.5 x 37 cm, gum arabic with pigment on board, Hold

ONE&WE

www.oneandwe.com

ONE&WE is a plaform dedicated to evolving positive discourse within the African diaspora. It is framed within the context of platforming individuals at grassroots level doing pioneering work.