OXOSSII

Visual artist OXOSSII AYOFEMI creates abstract sculpture and experiences from urban land and urban material, evoking Black space, and the senses. 

Her solo exhibition BLACK SPACE features new sculptures, choreography and sound. 

OXOSSII is a visual artist whose work seeks to honor Black presence, land spatial practices, and modes of Black abstraction through space, sound, and materials. 

With works that activates the senses, the artist seeks to renew our relationship to both material and immaterial systems. 

Overlooked sites and storefronts are an opportunity for both a poetic and practical engagement for Oxossii, working in a constellation at the city edges, shoreline, and within neighborhoods, acknowledging continuum and poetic transformation.

In her artworks, from an urban meadow to an reimagined corner store, the artist addresses the specific context of Oakland and San Francisco, towards regenerative Black space. 

Drawing from performance, ensemble dance and music, Ayofemi’s multifaceted practice forms an urban score.

Oxossii’s work has been featured at the SFMOMA in a solo exhibition entitled Continuum, Oakland Museum of California, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Berkeley Art Museum. Oxossii is a recipient of the SFMOMA SECA Award, a Public Art Award by the City of Oakland and a YBCA 10 Artist Award.