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ALEXIS GALLERIES—SEPTEMBER 19, 2026

Fragments of Our Existence

Curator and gallery statements for the group exhibition bringing together Idris Olabode Opeyemi, Ebuka Anyiam, Celesta Jonah, and Okediji Femi, whose works explore identity, memory, and what the fragment reveals about the whole.

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VANGUARD—SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

Fragments of Existence Examines Human Experience in Group Exhibition

Vanguard previews the group exhibition at Alexis Galleries featuring Idris Olabode Opeyemi, Ebuka Anyiam, Celesta Jonah, and Okediji Femi, four artists who explore the human experience as an assemblage of fragments and lived memories.

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THE SUN—SEPTEMBER 10, 2026

Fragments of Existence: Where Broken Pieces Find Meaning

What remains when life is broken into pieces? Four contemporary Nigerian artists examine the fragments that remain and the stories they carry.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 23, 2026

The Weight of a Word

An old man teaches his son when to speak, when to hold back, and what a word costs once it leaves.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 22, 2026

Under His Domes

An old man answers his grown child, who asked him where the prophets are.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 21, 2026

Who You Call a Thief

On the word, who receives it, and everything that gets taken from you without anyone ever using it.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 20, 2026

What Your Pace Actually Measures

On slowness, the weight you are carrying, and the race that was never even.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 19, 2026

Nearer

The second letter, written on the seventh day. A companion to Dust, Carried and Borrowed.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 18, 2026

Seven Stations of the Soul

How a soul travels from raw earth to a vessel that can hold water, and why the road runs through fire.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 17, 2026

The Answer

The old man writes back to the woman who saw through him.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 16, 2026

Half a Confession

I read your letter more times than I will admit. Now I need your answer, not your story.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 15, 2026

Withdrawn

Everything I know about love, and the one thing it took me a lifetime to learn.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 14, 2026

The Workshop

The clay is soft today. A companion to Dust, Carried and Borrowed.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 13, 2026

Borrowed

The three houses of the soul, and the one I am standing in now.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 12, 2026

Where I Went

The one you buried answers the first night, and tells you where they truly were.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 11, 2026

To Whoever Finds This

A dying man's last letter, and the one warning he wished someone had given him sooner.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 10, 2026

Light Upon Light

Seven answers to one question, and why what a thing is depends on the depth of the one who beholds it.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 9, 2026

The Things I Kept

What I kept of you, when I could not keep you.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 8, 2026

Dust

Everything I came to say to you, before I could finally leave.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 7, 2026

The Orphan With Two Living Parents

A reflection on the orphan who is not made by death, the ache of being unseen, and the hands that shape a soul.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 6, 2026

Who Is Doing the Thinking?

On the lower self that pulls you toward the easy road, and the watcher within who can set you free.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 5, 2026

You Carry Only What You Became

A reflection for the one who does right and still suffers, while the careless seem to prosper.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 4, 2026

Unlearning the Savior Complex

A Sufi reflection on the urge to rescue people, the ego hidden inside it, and the soul that was never yours to save.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 3, 2026

A Taste of Everything

A question about living fully, the soul we can lose along the way, and the poison that waits in the same cup.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 2, 2026

The Guardians of Shame

A meditation on shame, control, and the freedom of living unashamed.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JULY 1, 2026

You Are Here to Continue

A meditation on change, growth, and why evolution asks more of you than correction ever could.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JUNE 30, 2026

The Illusion of the “Right Path”

A meditation on guidance, the many roads, and why the ground beneath you was always sacred.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JUNE 28, 2026

The Greater the Power, the Greater the Temptation

A meditation on power, the soul, the wheel, and why every consequence begins as a choice.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JUNE 27, 2026

Life Goes On

A journal entry about a vessel, a song, and a man who died the week I was singing along. On purpose, mortality, and why the measure of a life was never its length.

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CLAY OF LAGOS—JUNE 25, 2026

You'll Be Just Fine

Notes from the two months I went quiet, and what the clay gave back. A men's mental health story, told plainly.

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IRIDESCENCE MAGAZINE — OCTOBER 1, 2022

“This ceramic artist is reshaping the future of clay in Nigeria”

A feature interview by Iridescence Magazine on Idris Olabode’s journey as a Nigerian ceramic artist, his philosophy of clay, and his mission to reshape how ceramics is seen in Nigeria.

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FAB L'STYLE — DECEMBER 5, 2023

“Wisdom from Failure: Art of Ceramics with Idris Olabode, Clay of Lagos”

A feature interview by FAB L’Style on Idris Olabode’s philosophy of failure as a creative tool, and the art and discipline of ceramics at Clay of Lagos.

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