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Crossing Cultures - Jonah Bulus

Title: Goodnight
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 100 x 100 cm
Year: 2026

Bulus’ employment of gestural strokes and drip technique, are metaphors for his psyche, particularly the way it seeks to strike a fine balance between seemingly conflicting elements, such as turmoil and the healing virtues of the natural world.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Jonah Bulus

Jonah Bulus (b.1987) is an abstract painter from Askira, Borno State, Nigeria.

A Fine Art graduate of the prestigious Zaria Art School (2017), his paintings are evocative of the diverse landscape of North-Eastern Nigeria, as well as his sentiments around human vulnerability, having lived in the city of Maiduguri, during a period of constant attacks by the insurgent group Boko Haram.

Bulus’ employment of gestural strokes and drip technique, are metaphors for his psyche, particularly the way it seeks to strike a fine balance between seemingly conflicting elements, such as turmoil and the healing virtues of the natural world.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Jonah Bulus

Jonah Bulus (b.1987) is an abstract painter from Askira, Borno State, Nigeria.

A Fine Art graduate of the prestigious Zaria Art School (2017), his paintings are evocative of the diverse landscape of North-Eastern Nigeria, as well as his sentiments around human vulnerability, having lived in the city of Maiduguri, during a period of constant attacks by the insurgent group Boko Haram.

Bulus’ employment of gestural strokes and drip technique, are metaphors for his psyche, particularly the way it seeks to strike a fine balance between seemingly conflicting elements, such as turmoil and the healing virtues of the natural world.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Deborah Segun

Deborah Segun (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist from Lagos, Nigeria, and now based in London, UK. She obtained a degree in Fashion Design at the Polimoda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing in Florence, Italy in 2017. During her studies in fashion, she translated her own art production into clothing, creating conceptual and sculptural wearable pieces.

Segun’s works can be described as a mix between cubism and abstraction; she takes a playful, purist approach to her work by focusing on form rather than detail through the use of different artistic mediums. Her works are mainly figurative with a focus on portraiture. The inspiration behind her works stems from her personal and shared experiences as a woman, as well as observations of any given space she occupies at a time. Segun exaggerates the figures or displaces them, as she believes it is her own way of confronting how she sees things.

Segun chooses a warm and soft composition and plays on tonal differences to portray the tenderness that comes with loving and allowing yourself to be loved by others. Her paintings showcase her resolve in strengthening relationships and connections, storing profound details of friendships through mundane events, acknowledging differences and promoting harmonious balance.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Deborah Segun

Deborah Segun (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist from Lagos, Nigeria, and now based in London, UK. She obtained a degree in Fashion Design at the Polimoda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing in Florence, Italy in 2017. During her studies in fashion, she translated her own art production into clothing, creating conceptual and sculptural wearable pieces.

Segun’s works can be described as a mix between cubism and abstraction; she takes a playful, purist approach to her work by focusing on form rather than detail through the use of different artistic mediums. Her works are mainly figurative with a focus on portraiture. The inspiration behind her works stems from her personal and shared experiences as a woman, as well as observations of any given space she occupies at a time. Segun exaggerates the figures or displaces them, as she believes it is her own way of confronting how she sees things.

Segun chooses a warm and soft composition and plays on tonal differences to portray the tenderness that comes with loving and allowing yourself to be loved by others. Her paintings showcase her resolve in strengthening relationships and connections, storing profound details of friendships through mundane events, acknowledging differences and promoting harmonious balance.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Deborah Segun

Deborah Segun (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist from Lagos, Nigeria, and now based in London, UK. She obtained a degree in Fashion Design at the Polimoda Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing in Florence, Italy in 2017. During her studies in fashion, she translated her own art production into clothing, creating conceptual and sculptural wearable pieces.

Segun’s works can be described as a mix between cubism and abstraction; she takes a playful, purist approach to her work by focusing on form rather than detail through the use of different artistic mediums. Her works are mainly figurative with a focus on portraiture. The inspiration behind her works stems from her personal and shared experiences as a woman, as well as observations of any given space she occupies at a time. Segun exaggerates the figures or displaces them, as she believes it is her own way of confronting how she sees things.

Segun chooses a warm and soft composition and plays on tonal differences to portray the tenderness that comes with loving and allowing yourself to be loved by others. Her paintings showcase her resolve in strengthening relationships and connections, storing profound details of friendships through mundane events, acknowledging differences and promoting harmonious balance.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Dana Robinson

Title: Feel The Difference
Medium: Acrylic on Wood Panel
Size: 16 x 20 in
Year: 2026

Robinson undertakes a tactile world-building process, usurping the confines of history to a compassionate effect. Confronting tensions between manufactured snapshots and material reality, her work unpacks the palpable warmth of nostalgia for ‘the good ol’ days’ through a distorted figurative lense. In a practice open to the healing possibilities of projection and personal memory, identity dissolves into visceral flashes of colour and skin. Through this body of work the artist fosters a space for belonging, curiosity, understanding, and care, offering up a universality that surpasses the struggles or triumphs of any one segment of society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Dana Robinson

Dana Robinson Born in 1990, is a Brooklyn-based artist, unearthing relics of the Black American Dream, and suspending them in moments of joy, power, and potential. As an artist drawn to the spaces between social movements, her work engages with a period of post-civil rights pre-crack epidemic optimism, when social mobility felt attainable and progression seemed inevitable. Revisiting this time as a source of possibility, Robinson crafts open-ended abstract images that linger in a perpetual state of anticipation. The time “before a decision is made, before the glass breaks, before the confetti hits the ground” thus holding space for an unwritten future to unfold.

Working across mediums of print, paint, collage, and textiles, the artist recontextualises advertisements and editorials from 70s Ebony magazines. Extending a sentimental connection to the characters on these pages, Robinson undertakes a tactile world-building process, usurping the confines of history to a compassionate effect. Confronting tensions between manufactured snapshots and material reality, her work unpacks the palpable warmth of nostalgia for ‘the good ol’ days’ through a distorted figurative lense. In a practice open to the healing possibilities of projection and personal memory, identity dissolves into visceral flashes of colour and skin. Through this body of work the artist fosters a space for belonging, curiosity, understanding, and care, offering up a universality that surpasses the struggles or triumphs of any one segment of society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Dana Robinson

Dana Robinson Born in 1990, is a Brooklyn-based artist, unearthing relics of the Black American Dream, and suspending them in moments of joy, power, and potential. As an artist drawn to the spaces between social movements, her work engages with a period of post-civil rights pre-crack epidemic optimism, when social mobility felt attainable and progression seemed inevitable. Revisiting this time as a source of possibility, Robinson crafts open-ended abstract images that linger in a perpetual state of anticipation. The time “before a decision is made, before the glass breaks, before the confetti hits the ground” thus holding space for an unwritten future to unfold.

Working across mediums of print, paint, collage, and textiles, the artist recontextualises advertisements and editorials from 70s Ebony magazines. Extending a sentimental connection to the characters on these pages, Robinson undertakes a tactile world-building process, usurping the confines of history to a compassionate effect. Confronting tensions between manufactured snapshots and material reality, her work unpacks the palpable warmth of nostalgia for ‘the good ol’ days’ through a distorted figurative lense. In a practice open to the healing possibilities of projection and personal memory, identity dissolves into visceral flashes of colour and skin. Through this body of work the artist fosters a space for belonging, curiosity, understanding, and care, offering up a universality that surpasses the struggles or triumphs of any one segment of society.

———

Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Dana Robinson

Dana Robinson Born in 1990, is a Brooklyn-based artist, unearthing relics of the Black American Dream, and suspending them in moments of joy, power, and potential. As an artist drawn to the spaces between social movements, her work engages with a period of post-civil rights pre-crack epidemic optimism, when social mobility felt attainable and progression seemed inevitable. Revisiting this time as a source of possibility, Robinson crafts open-ended abstract images that linger in a perpetual state of anticipation. The time “before a decision is made, before the glass breaks, before the confetti hits the ground” thus holding space for an unwritten future to unfold.

Working across mediums of print, paint, collage, and textiles, the artist recontextualises advertisements and editorials from 70s Ebony magazines. Extending a sentimental connection to the characters on these pages, Robinson undertakes a tactile world-building process, usurping the confines of history to a compassionate effect. Confronting tensions between manufactured snapshots and material reality, her work unpacks the palpable warmth of nostalgia for ‘the good ol’ days’ through a distorted figurative lense. In a practice open to the healing possibilities of projection and personal memory, identity dissolves into visceral flashes of colour and skin. Through this body of work the artist fosters a space for belonging, curiosity, understanding, and care, offering up a universality that surpasses the struggles or triumphs of any one segment of society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Damien Davis

Title: Ritual For Retention
Medium: Laser-cut acrylic and stainless steel hardware
Size: 23.8 x 16 x 2 in
Year: 2026

Using digital tools to shape layers of materials both natural and synthetic, Davis composes stories, told through a lexicon of graphic figures and shapes, that oscillate between the personal memories of the artist and chapters of human history. Through usage of materials Davis exploits the seductive and subjective beauty of color and the power of color as a metaphor, Davis creates a deceptively appealing space for confronting bias and dehumanization in contemporary society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Excited to share that I’m included in Crossing Cultures, a group exhibition presented by @o.da_art Gallery in collaboration with @katesferriprojects.

Bringing together works by Soji Adesina, Jonah Bulus, Turiya Magadlela, Samuel Nnorom, Afeez Onakoya, Dana Robinson, Debora Segun, and myself, the exhibition considers the layered visual, material, and conceptual languages that emerge through diasporic exchange.

Join us for the opening reception this Friday, May 8 from 6–8 PM at Kates-Ferri Projects, 561 Grand Street in NYC.

On view through June 8.

📷: @carloshernandezstudios

Excited to share that I’m included in Crossing Cultures, a group exhibition presented by @o.da_art Gallery in collaboration with @katesferriprojects.

Bringing together works by Soji Adesina, Jonah Bulus, Turiya Magadlela, Samuel Nnorom, Afeez Onakoya, Dana Robinson, Debora Segun, and myself, the exhibition considers the layered visual, material, and conceptual languages that emerge through diasporic exchange.

Join us for the opening reception this Friday, May 8 from 6–8 PM at Kates-Ferri Projects, 561 Grand Street in NYC.

On view through June 8.

📷: @carloshernandezstudios

Crossing Cultures - Damien Davis

Damien Davis (b. 1984) is a Brooklyn-based artist, born in Crowley, Louisiana and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His practice explores historical representations of blackness by seeking to unpack the visual language of various cultures and question how these societies code/decode representations of race through craft, design and digital modes of production. His work has appeared at The Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art, as well as METHOD Gallery in Seattle, and Biagiotti Progetto Arte in Italy. He is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Engagement Grant and has been awarded residencies with the Museum of Arts and Design, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Pilchuck Glass School. Mr. Davis is also a former fellow and current advisor for the Art & Law Program in New York City. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, Frieze Magazine, The Guardian, Hyperallergic and Vulture Magazine.

Damien Davis explores historical representations of blackness by seeking to unpack the visual language of various cultures and to question how these societies code and decode representations of race. Using digital tools to shape layers of materials both natural and synthetic, Davis composes stories, told through a lexicon of graphic figures and shapes, that oscillate between the personal memories of the artist and chapters of human history. Through usage of materials Davis exploits the seductive and subjective beauty of color and the power of color as a metaphor, Davis creates a deceptively appealing space for confronting bias and dehumanization in contemporary society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Damien Davis

Damien Davis (b. 1984) is a Brooklyn-based artist, born in Crowley, Louisiana and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His practice explores historical representations of blackness by seeking to unpack the visual language of various cultures and question how these societies code/decode representations of race through craft, design and digital modes of production. His work has appeared at The Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art, as well as METHOD Gallery in Seattle, and Biagiotti Progetto Arte in Italy. He is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Engagement Grant and has been awarded residencies with the Museum of Arts and Design, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Pilchuck Glass School. Mr. Davis is also a former fellow and current advisor for the Art & Law Program in New York City. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, Frieze Magazine, The Guardian, Hyperallergic and Vulture Magazine.

Damien Davis explores historical representations of blackness by seeking to unpack the visual language of various cultures and to question how these societies code and decode representations of race. Using digital tools to shape layers of materials both natural and synthetic, Davis composes stories, told through a lexicon of graphic figures and shapes, that oscillate between the personal memories of the artist and chapters of human history. Through usage of materials Davis exploits the seductive and subjective beauty of color and the power of color as a metaphor, Davis creates a deceptively appealing space for confronting bias and dehumanization in contemporary society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Damien Davis

Damien Davis (b. 1984) is a Brooklyn-based artist, born in Crowley, Louisiana and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His practice explores historical representations of blackness by seeking to unpack the visual language of various cultures and question how these societies code/decode representations of race through craft, design and digital modes of production. His work has appeared at The Whitney Museum and Museum of Modern Art, as well as METHOD Gallery in Seattle, and Biagiotti Progetto Arte in Italy. He is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Engagement Grant and has been awarded residencies with the Museum of Arts and Design, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Pilchuck Glass School. Mr. Davis is also a former fellow and current advisor for the Art & Law Program in New York City. His work has been mentioned in the New York Times, Frieze Magazine, The Guardian, Hyperallergic and Vulture Magazine.

Damien Davis explores historical representations of blackness by seeking to unpack the visual language of various cultures and to question how these societies code and decode representations of race. Using digital tools to shape layers of materials both natural and synthetic, Davis composes stories, told through a lexicon of graphic figures and shapes, that oscillate between the personal memories of the artist and chapters of human history. Through usage of materials Davis exploits the seductive and subjective beauty of color and the power of color as a metaphor, Davis creates a deceptively appealing space for confronting bias and dehumanization in contemporary society.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures: Where Form Meets Form on view May 8 - June 8th with Reception Friday, May 8th 6-8pm 561 Grand Street, NYC 10002.

Crossing Cultures: Where Form Meets Form is a collaborative presentation between Kates Ferri Projects and O’DA Art, bringing into dialogue two distinct yet aligned curatorial positions across New York and Lagos. The exhibition unfolds through a shared interest in how contemporary practices engage the body, material, and image as active sites of cultural production. Culture here is not fixed or inherited, but continuously shaped through movement, exchange, and encounter.

The presentation brings together Soji Adesina, Jonah Bulus, Damien Davis, Turiya Magadlela, Samuel Nnorom, Afeez Onakoya, Dana Robinson & Deborah Segun, whose practices traverse figuration and abstraction, structure and sensation. Across their works, form becomes a language through which identity is constructed and unsettled.

Extending beyond the exhibition, the project runs alongside a month-long presentation by OBIDA. Here, form shifts into the realm of the worn. Garment becomes a parallel site of construction, shaping how the body is seen, carried, and understood. In this convergence, art and fashion operate not as separate disciplines, but as interconnected practices - each informing the other, each expanding what form can hold.

DM for available art works by exhibiting artists:

@sojisday
@damiendavis
@turiya_magadlela
@nnoromsamuel
@alphabet_party
@deborah_jayde
@jb_ijai
@onakoya_afeez

Gallery collaboration:
@katesferriprojects
@o.da_art

Nigerian Fashions:
@obida.culture

Crossing Cultures - Afeez Onakoya

Title: Lost in Sync
Medium: Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 122 x 153 cm
Year: 2026

For Onakoya, charcoal is more than a medium; it is a tool for profound expression. Every stroke and smudge tells a story of human struggle, resilience, and aspiration. His work is a visual poetry that seeks to define the essence of existence, capturing emotions, dreams, and the complexities of life.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Afeez Onakoya

Afeez Onakoya is a Lagos-based painter whose work celebrates the human form. He is a visionary artist who channels deep reflections through charcoal. His art explores the intrinsic value of human life and the universal quest for self-improvement. He has exhibited in multiple shows in Lagos and the UK. A graduate of Yaba College of Education.

For Onakoya, charcoal is more than a medium; it is a tool for profound expression. Every stroke and smudge tells a story of human struggle, resilience, and aspiration. His work is a visual poetry that seeks to define the essence of existence, capturing emotions, dreams, and the complexities of life.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Crossing Cultures - Afeez Onakoya

Afeez Onakoya is a Lagos-based painter whose work celebrates the human form. He is a visionary artist who channels deep reflections through charcoal. His art explores the intrinsic value of human life and the universal quest for self-improvement. He has exhibited in multiple shows in Lagos and the UK. A graduate of Yaba College of Education.

For Onakoya, charcoal is more than a medium; it is a tool for profound expression. Every stroke and smudge tells a story of human struggle, resilience, and aspiration. His work is a visual poetry that seeks to define the essence of existence, capturing emotions, dreams, and the complexities of life.

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Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork

Kates-Ferri Projects (KFP) and O’DA Art are pleased to present CROSSING CULTURES; a continuation of a dialogue rooted in exchange, difference, and shared inquiry, a group exhibition bringing together Afeez Onakoya, Damien Davis, Dana Robinson, Deborah Segun, Jonah Bulus, Samuel Nnorom, Soji Adesina and Turiya Magadlela.

What began as a meeting point between distinct visual languages has evolved into a sustained engagement; one that moves beyond contrast to consider how varied practices can exist in proximity, shaping and informing one another. In this context, the interplay between abstraction and figuration becomes less about opposition and more about resonance, revealing overlapping concerns around identity, form, and collective experience.

For O’DA Art, this collaboration remains significant; not only as a platform for presentation, but as a space for ongoing conversation across geographies, practices, and perspectives.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Opening Reception: Friday 8th May 2026 | 6pm - 9pm
On View: 8th May - 7th June, 2026
Address: 561 Grand Street NYC 10002

#odaart #katesferriprojects #contemporaryart #exhibition #newyork