In 2024 O N C A gallery hosted a total of 12 exhibitions. It has been an honour to have worked with so many inspiring artists in our final year.
MADE WITH LOVE
14 February – 23 February
We opened ONCA’s 2024 artistic programme with a Members’ Group Exhibition bringing together artists from across Brighton and beyond. The selected artists demonstrate the breadth of talent that exists within ONCA’s community of practitioners. The exhibition opened on Valentine’s Day, inviting audiences to explore the many shapes and shades of love through the artworks.
ANNA-MARIE LAMOND: AJOLOTERIA
6 March – 22 March
Ajoloteria was our amazing 2024 Members’ Solo Exhibition by ecological artist, Anna-Marie Lamond. This project was concerned with the critically endangered Mexican Axolotl, an amphibian native to the socio-ecologically complex wetlands of Xochimilco, Mexico City.
SYL OJALLA: A SPARROW WHISPERED IN MY EAR
13 April – 26 April
A Sparrow Whispered In My Ear by artist Syl Ojalla was a gentle call to human audiences to remember their place within the delicate balance of biodiversity. Through a series of photographs exploring the intricacies of nature capturing the essence of living things such as trees, fauna and flora the exhibition aimed to inspire stewardship of the natural environment.
FAR FROM HOME
3 May – 16 May
For Brighton Fringe 2024, ONCA presents Far From Home, an exhibition exploring migrant narratives by two artists, Bern O’Donoghue and Usva Inei. The exhibition narrates distinct stories with common threads that explore identity, borders and belonging.
O N C A PRINT SHOW
6 June – 8 June
ONCA Print Show brought together a unique collection of local printmakers alongside archival artists whose work has been shown in previous exhibitions over the years.
LINO WAVES: SOUNDSCAPES OF THE LIVING COAST
19 June – 28 June
ONCA showcased Lino Waves: Soundscapes of The Living Coast, an exhibition by artist Daisy Stewart-Darling in collaboration with Sussex Digital Humanities Lab, The Living Coast and Fabrica. The exhibition was a culmination of work researched and developed as part of The Living Coast Artist Residency 2024.
LUCY LE BROCQ: UNFOLDING
24 July – 2 August
For Pride 2024, Lucy Le Brocq presented Unfolding, an evolving project uncovering multifaceted, complex and diverse stories from across the LGBTQ+ community. This visually intimate photography exhibition explores queer identity in conversation with its subjects.
MICHELE ANGELO PETRONE: JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
15 August – 17 August
Journey of the Soul celebrates Michele Angelo Petrone (1963 – 2007), invoking his memory as an ode to creativity as a form of care. Journey of the Soul is grounded in the notion that memory is a living thing. It’s aliveness being something that everybody contributes through acts of remembrance like storytelling, being inspired, listening and feeling.
NALO SOLO: BLACK IN REAL LIFE
16 October – 25 October
Black In Real Life was an exhibition by Nalo Solo, celebrating the local Black community through portraiture and interviews. Part of a longer-term project, the aim is to spotlight the inclusive and socially-conscious community found here in Brighton and its surrounding areas, as a vital force making Black history in real time.
BENJAMIN YOUD: RIVER STORY
5 September – 14 September
In collaboration with the environmental charities: Friends of the Earth, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Pesticide Action Network UK and The Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust, Benjamin aims to inspire a deeper connection between people and the natural world through this work.
ARPITA SHAH: SANKOFA
25 September – 6 October
As the South East Art Partner of We Feed The UK, a nationwide storytelling campaign grown by The Gaia Foundation, Photo Fringe co-commissioned Arpita Shah to make work with the inspiring women and communities at Go Grow With Love and Black Rootz. These two London growing projects are addressing injustices in the food system, recognising that genuine sustainability is rooted in equality.
TOKINI FUBARA: IBI MINJI FAARI
30 November – 13 December
ibi minji faari is an exhibition created by ONCA’s Associate Artist Tokini Fubara in celebration of Remembrance Day for Lost Species (RDLS). ibi minji faari builds on Tokini’s previous works on race, space, and borders, turning to the creeks surrounding their place of origin in Port Harcourt city. Using time-based work, this exhibition deploys a poetics of landscape in search of good waters.
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Posted on December 26, 2024
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