so, here you are
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
never enough for both.
— Ijeoma Umebinyuo
Back Home: 2020-2022
Started in 2020, this series of pieces are inspired by my memories growing up in Addis Ababa, and hope to uniquely explore the stories that formed my childhood.
Solitude, 2022
Oil on canvas || 24 x 36”
Hands, 2022
Oil on canvas || 16 x 12”
Tibeb, 2021
Oil on canvas || 16 x 20”
Three, 2021
Oil on canvas || 30 x 40”
Mount Entoto, 2020
Oil on canvas || 16 x 24”
Mar Eske Twaf (Prayer) , 2020
Oil on canvas || 12 x 16”