Asepo
Description
My artistic practice centers around personal history, connection, and identity. I reflect on my experience as a Nigerian who has lived on three continents thus far, and how those experiences have led to the deconstruction, reassembly, and hybridization of my identity. My work pays homage to my tribe of origin, Yoruba, whilst redefining and exploring the hybridity that exists as a result of cross-cultural influences that are prominent in our world today. I incorporate varying objects and materials such as jewelry, sculpture, wood, metal, and fiber. This integration speaks to the multicultural existence of the world I live in the … continued below
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Adeleke, Atinuke May 2023.
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University of North Texas
Publisher Info: www.unt.eduPlace of Publication: Denton, Texas
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Degree Information
- Department: Studio Art
- Discipline: Metalsmithing and Jewelry
- Level: Master's
- Name: Master of Fine Arts
- PublicationType: Problem in Lieu of a Master's Thesis
- Grantor: University of North Texas
Description
My artistic practice centers around personal history, connection, and identity. I reflect on my experience as a Nigerian who has lived on three continents thus far, and how those experiences have led to the deconstruction, reassembly, and hybridization of my identity.
My work pays homage to my tribe of origin, Yoruba, whilst redefining and exploring the hybridity that exists as a result of cross-cultural influences that are prominent in our world today. I incorporate varying objects and materials such as jewelry, sculpture, wood, metal, and fiber. This integration speaks to the multicultural existence of the world I live in the interrelationship between Nigeria and the West.
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- art exhibitions
- fiber art
- installations
- jewelry
- jewelry making
- metal
- metalworking
- oft sculpture
- reliefs (sculpture)
- sculpture
- sculpture (visual works)
- sound
- weaving
Library of Congress Subject Headings
- American -- Texas -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Art, American -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Installations (Art) -- United States -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Jewelry -- United States -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Performance art -- United States -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Prints, American -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Sculpture, American -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Sound in art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
- Technology in art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure
- Arts and Crafts
- Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Fiber Arts
- Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Fiber Arts - Knitting
- Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Fiber Arts - Weaving
- Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Jewelry
- Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Metalwork
- Arts and Crafts - Crafts - Wood Carving
- Arts and Crafts - Sculptures
- Social Life and Customs - Furnishings - Rugs
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- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc2178117
Relationships
- Ogiri Iranti, ark:/67531/metadc2178113
- Wall of Memories, ark:/67531/metadc2178114
- Inner Head, ark:/67531/metadc2178115
- Omo ta ni e, ark:/67531/metadc2178110
- Omo ta ni e, ark:/67531/metadc2178111
- Ogiri Iranti, ark:/67531/metadc2178112
- Pot of Different Skins, ark:/67531/metadc2178106
- Self Portrait, ark:/67531/metadc2178107
- Asepo Installation View, ark:/67531/metadc2178108
- Omo ta ni e, ark:/67531/metadc2178109
- Asepo Installation View, ark:/67531/metadc2178103
- Wood statement Necklaces, ark:/67531/metadc2178104
- Character, ark:/67531/metadc2178105
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UNT Graduate Student Works
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Ogiri Iranti (Thesis or Dissertation)
Works of art on Birch plywood, Wood print, 3d printed Wood PLA, electroplated copper, Wood stain, Wood Dye, by artist Atinuke Adeleke by artist Atinuke Adeleke as part of a 2023 MFA exhibition entitled "Asepo" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery. 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from April 19 to April 22, 2023. Asepo is a simulated domestic space that speaks to being a product of the hybridization of cultures, the sense of displacement and the need for belonging that comes with being a hybrid of sorts.
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Ogiri Iranti, ark:/67531/metadc2178113
Wall of Memories (Thesis or Dissertation)
Works of art on Birch plywood, Wood print, 3d printed Wood PLA, electroplated copper, Wood stain, and Wood Dye by artist Atinuke Adeleke as part of a 2023 MFA exhibition entitled "Asepo" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery. 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX from April 19 to April 22, 2023. Asepo is a simulated domestic space that speaks to being a product of the hybridization of cultures, the sense of displacement and the need for belonging that comes with being a hybrid of sorts.
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Wall of Memories, ark:/67531/metadc2178114
Inner Head (Thesis or Dissertation)
Works of art in Acrylic print, by artist Atinuke Adeleke, as part of a 2023 MFA exhibition entitled "Asepo" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX, from April 19 to April 22, 2023.Asepo is a simulated domestic space that speaks to being a product of the hybridization of cultures, the sense of displacement, and the need for belonging that comes with being a hybrid of sorts.
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Inner Head, ark:/67531/metadc2178115
Omo ta ni e (Thesis or Dissertation)
Works of art and selection of artist's personal video and audio memories from Nigeria and the United States, inflatable mattress, collapsible bed frame, khaki bed sheets, by artist Atinuke Adeleke as part of a 2023 MFA exhibition entitled "Asepo" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX, from April 19 to April 22, 2023.Asepo is a simulated domestic space that speaks to being a product of the hybridization of cultures, the sense of displacement, and the need for belonging that comes with being a hybrid of sorts.
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Omo ta ni e, ark:/67531/metadc2178110
Omo ta ni e (Thesis or Dissertation)
Works of art on Maple Plywood, Aso Oke fabric, Furniture fabric by "Perennials Fabrics, Embroidery floss, and Wood PLA, Metal (Pewter) by artist Atinuke Adeleke as as part of a 2023 MFA exhibition entitled "Asepo" in the North Cora Stafford Gallery 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX, from April 19 to April 22, 2023.Asepo is a simulated domestic space that speaks to being a product of the hybridization of cultures, the sense of displacement, and the need for belonging that comes with being a hybrid of sorts.
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Omo ta ni e, ark:/67531/metadc2178111
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- May 2023
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- Sept. 10, 2023, 5:53 p.m.
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- Sept. 18, 2023, 10:15 a.m.
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Adeleke, Atinuke. Asepo, thesis, May 2023; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2178117/: accessed November 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.