Bunmi Agusto | The Cave

In the organizer's words:

In her solo exhibition at E-Werk Freiburg, Bunmi Agusto explores the tension between prehistory and the present by using modern, simple materials to evoke ancient cave paintings. By interweaving prehistoric narratives with futuristic aesthetics, Agusto invites the viewer into a space where the boundaries of time are blurred and the eternal cycle of existence is reinterpreted through the lens of antiquity and modernity.

Bunmi Agusto was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1999. She lives and works in London. Agusto holds an MFA degree from the Ruskin School of Art, an MA in Art History and Archaeology from SOAS University and a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, for which she received distinctions in all three degrees. She was selected as one of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023 and was awarded the Mansfield-Ruddock Prize 2023, the Clarendon Scholarship 2022 and twice the Cass Art Prize 2019 and 2020.

Exhibitions (selection):
TEFAF (Maastricht), Dallas Art Fair, Stephen Friedman Gallery (London), Saatchi Gallery (London), Camden Arts Centre, TAFETA (London), kó (Lagos), Foreign Agent (Lausanne) and others.

Further information on the exhibition and the supporting program can be found here.

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In her solo exhibition Bunmi Agusto explores the tension between the prehistoric and the contemporary, using sleek modern materials to evoke ancient cave imagery. By intertwining primordial narratives with futuristic aesthetics, Agusto invites viewers into a space where the boundaries of time blur, and the eternal cycle of existence is reimagined through both ancient and modern lenses.

Bunmi Agusto was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1999 and lives and works in London. Agusto holds an MFA from the Ruskin School of Art, an MA in History of Art & Archaeology from SOAS University and a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, for which she received distinctions in all three degrees. She was selected as one of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2023 and she was awarded the Mansfield-Ruddock Prize in 2023, the Clarendon Scholarship in 2022 and the Cass Art Prize twice in 2019 and 2020.

Exhibition (Selection):
TEFAF (Maastricht), Dallas Art Fair, Stephen Friedman Gallery (London), Saatchi Gallery (London), Camden Arts Centre, TAFETA (London), kó (Lagos), Foreign Agent (Lausanne) etc.

Find out more about the exhibition and the program on our website.