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year of the artist: time and intuition 🕰️💌

when people say art is life, i understand that to mean that art is meant to be lived through. and in that vein, this piece has been in the works for almost a year. it comes from being determined to really sit and ponder over my ideals, question them, critique them, discover new ones and most importantly, live out those ideals to test their durability in real life. what the people need more than anything are philosophies that actually add value to their everyday.

deconstructing the colonial and imperial view of time,and relearning about indigenous ways of living like presence and intuition have been two crucial philosophies of my everyday life since.
i see them as both influential to my practice, but also imperative for revolution and everyday acts of resistance.

today, i share another time capsule of the revolution’s prelude from my perspective. i do this to archive the revolution before and as it occurs. there are definitely other workers doing their part too, but this, is simply mine.

i know you’ll enjoy this one.

yours forever and now,
the lover. 💌

📹: @shydevours

year of the artist: slowness. 💌

the world wants you numb. this, is an interruption. an anti-content interruption.

“enjoying the slowness of life” is a phrase i am aligning with more and more as i become increasingly disillusioned with capitalism. i have begun to explore the nature of our ancestors’ affinity with nature and its ability to centre us.

in other words, exploring the fact that nature is slow (and have meaning), whilst human creation (particularly capitalism), has tended to be fast and optimal, creating an internal dichotomy. are we just meant to be productive or meaningful?

so this is another time capsule into how my non conventional life path rubs against the system’s desire to make me feel late to life achievements, laboured at the pace of the city and bored with the cycle of work-eat-sleep-repeat.

i want to help build a love movement of the ages. to align with the disillusioned and those who find themselves at the periphery.

join me in finding the love and intention within the world.

with love,
the lover. 💌

love politics: love letter 001

creative direction, edit and colour grade by me
music production by @jtomanny

the next up. 💌

do you know about the space in between day and night?
the awkward silence that vies between the sun and moon’s
rule of the sky?
how about when waters are neither tepid or frozen,
when we first struggle to open our eyes and time has no bearing on us?
where between the air of our first breath and speech,
our ancestors, faeries and legends speak
to us and reside.
in a world ruled by black and white,
the grey area is my kaleidoscope.
that’s where you’ll find me,
ready to rule.

with love,
the lover

👑💌

📸: @itsdannybwoi

the next up. 💌

do you know about the space in between day and night?
the awkward silence that vies between the sun and moon’s
rule of the sky?
how about when waters are neither tepid or frozen,
when we first struggle to open our eyes and time has no bearing on us?
where between the air of our first breath and speech,
our ancestors, faeries and legends speak
to us and reside.
in a world ruled by black and white,
the grey area is my kaleidoscope.
that’s where you’ll find me,
ready to rule.

with love,
the lover

👑💌

📸: @itsdannybwoi

@THEPALACEOFTHEDOGS PRESENTS: Under Construction a work-in-progress exhibition featuring @_ephthat OPENING Day on 20th of February @ 6pm - Late!!!! featuring artist residents @v.mks , @_ephthat , @alfiahjade , @shumbamaasai , @mpho_the_gvn & @oluw4toni . Expect some live art, work in progress, sound scape, film and new pieces, music and VIBES!!!!!. BYOB!!!!

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@THEPALACEOFTHEDOGS PRESENTS: Under Construction a work-in-progress exhibition OPENING Day on 20th of February @ 6pm - Late!!!! featuring artist residents @v.mks , @_ephthat , @alfiahjade , @shumbamaasai , @mpho_the_gvn & @oluw4toni . Expect some live art, work in progress, sound scape, film and new pieces, music and VIBES!!!!!. BYOB!!!!

RSVP on Partiful #linkinbio

@THEPALACEOFTHEDOGS PRESENTS: Under Construction a work-in-progress exhibition OPENING Day on 20th of February @ 6pm - Late!!!! featuring artist residents @v.mks , @_ephthat , @alfiahjade , @shumbamaasai , @mpho_the_gvn & @oluw4toni . Expect some live art, work in progress, sound scape, film and new pieces, music and VIBES!!!!!. BYOB!!!!

RSVP on Partiful #linkinbio

The Search — in conversation with Ephraim.
Dans Le Studio d’Ephraim
Pre-Spring 26 Capsule Collection.

#PreSpring26 #PreSpringCapsule #TheSearch #StoryDrivenDesign #AimerBlanche

The Search — in conversation with Ephraim.
Dans Le Studio d’Ephraim
Pre-Spring 26 Capsule Collection.

#PreSpring26 #PreSpringCapsule #TheSearch #StoryDrivenDesign #AimerBlanche

The Search — in conversation with Ephraim.
Dans Le Studio d’Ephraim
Pre-Spring 26 Capsule Collection.

#PreSpring26 #PreSpringCapsule #TheSearch #StoryDrivenDesign #AimerBlanche

The Search — in conversation with Ephraim.
Dans Le Studio d’Ephraim
Pre-Spring 26 Capsule Collection.

#PreSpring26 #PreSpringCapsule #TheSearch #StoryDrivenDesign #aimerblanche

Ephraim Kihondo is a London-based painter and poetic storyteller whose practice, Love Politics, explores love as a radical form of resistance.

Through provocative critique of fear-based systems and societal norms, his work imagines futures rooted in intention, inclusivity, and collective care.

At MOTHERSHIP on February 7th, @ephraimkihondo has been invited to present work responding to legacy and the role of love in shaping liberated futures.

Date: Saturday 7 Feb, 2026
Time: 7–11pm
Location: Lanzarote Works, East London

🎟️ Ticket link in bio (limited)

Ephraim Kihondo is a London-based painter and poetic storyteller whose practice, Love Politics, explores love as a radical form of resistance.

Through provocative critique of fear-based systems and societal norms, his work imagines futures rooted in intention, inclusivity, and collective care.

At MOTHERSHIP on February 7th, @ephraimkihondo has been invited to present work responding to legacy and the role of love in shaping liberated futures.

Date: Saturday 7 Feb, 2026
Time: 7–11pm
Location: Lanzarote Works, East London

🎟️ Ticket link in bio (limited)

Ephraim Kihondo is a London-based painter and poetic storyteller whose practice, Love Politics, explores love as a radical form of resistance.

Through provocative critique of fear-based systems and societal norms, his work imagines futures rooted in intention, inclusivity, and collective care.

At MOTHERSHIP on February 7th, @ephraimkihondo has been invited to present work responding to legacy and the role of love in shaping liberated futures.

Date: Saturday 7 Feb, 2026
Time: 7–11pm
Location: Lanzarote Works, East London

🎟️ Ticket link in bio (limited)

The Search.
Dans Le Studio d’Ephraim
Pre-Spring 26 Capsule.
Collection by @j.a.mata1

#PreSpring26 #PreSpringCapsule #TheSearch #StoryDrivenDesign #AimerBlanche