CLOSING TODAY Maggie Otieno: Sojourner – The Difference Is the Same

New works by the Kenyan artist Maggie Otieno, her first solo show here since the gallery began representing her in 2024 . Otieno’s practice centres on the transformation of reclaimed and distressed materials.; working across wood, metal, and mixed media, her semi -abstract forms explore layered narratives of history, memory, human interaction, and environmental survival. Her works function as vessels of remembrance and renewal, grounding social and historical reflection in physical form.

Featured in the exhibition are new works based around railway sleepers, symbols of East Africa’s colonial past. More than 150 years old, these timbers travelled from India to Kenya for railway lines, carrying with them the stories of travellers, labourers, and communities. Also included are works created during a residency at El Anatsui Studio in Ghana last summer. Sculptures made from fragments of wooden canoes bear traces of memory and passage; some are hinged to resemble books, evoking the turning of a page and the opening of a new chapter.

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