Posted @withregram • @robertsprojects Collins Obijiaku Unexpected Sittings April 30 - June 4, 2022 Opening reception Saturday, April 30th from 4-6 pm Roberts Projects is pleased to announce Collins Obijiaku’s (@collins_obijiaku) inaugural solo presentation with the gallery. Unexpected Sittings brings together a new group of portraits created over the last year. This exhibition explores the potential behind every interaction, and how in these dynamic and–at times complicated spaces–one can become inspired to an unfamiliar degree. Collins Obijiaku’s (b.1995 Kaduna, Nigeria; based in Abuja, Nigeria) elegant portraits of Black men and women gaze directly at the viewer. The artist uses various materials, often mixing oil, acrylic, and charcoal to achieve soft gradients, seductive texture, and beguiling linework; seen up close, the arrangements of his brushstrokes are almost cartographical in appearance. The artist’s subjects are both people close to him and strangers he meets on the street, which allows Obijiaku to create intimate records of his home and surrounding community. Obijiaku has exhibited internationally, including New York, London, Lagos, and Accra. He was an artist-in-residence at Black Rock Senegal, a multidisciplinary residency program founded in 2019 by Kehinde Wiley in Dakar, Senegal. Image: Collins Obijiaku, Green Scarf, 2022, oil and charcoal on canvas, 75.5 x 64.5 in (191.8 x 163.8 cm), Photo Paul Salveson; courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles. P: Paul Salveson (@no_sevlas) Unexpected Sittings is on view from April 30 - June 4, 2022, with an opening on April 30th from 4-6 pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 11-6 pm. #collinsobijiaku #robertsprojects