‘SCARRED’ London
The London edition of ‘SCARRED’ took place from November 29 to December 1 at the Unit Gallery. Revisiting Africa’s body tradition through striking photography, spotlight conversation, performances and interactive activities – the event welcomed over 600 visitors.
The British Council Nigeria kindly supported the participation of two Nigerian visual artists.
Visual Artists
Eric Lafforgue
Eric Lafforgue is an award-winning photographer whose portraits and landscapes positively highlights cultural diversity. His works have been featured in the National Geographic, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, Lonely Planet, Times, Grands Reportages and several media outlets. Lafforgue’s work on Papua New Guinea tribes was exhibited at the famous festival “VISA Pour l’Image in Perpignan”, in France.
Trevor Cole
Trevor Cole is an award-winning and published photographer, “capturing inimitable moments today to reflect upon tomorrow”. His photography focuses predominantly on culture, captures people, landscapes and the interactions between them. His images reflect life’s spatial and temporal journey and conveys a need to live in a more sustainable world.
Nadine Ibrahim
Nadine Ibrahim is a visual storyteller whose work explores various social issues in Nigeria society. An award-winning filmmaker, her works include ‘Through Her Eyes’ which tells the story of a young northern girl affected by terrorism in Nigeria.
Anibal Bueno
Anibal Bueno is a Spanish travel photographer. His interest in anthropology inspires his documentation of cultures across the world and their different forms of cultural expressions, including body painting, tattoos, scarifications and dilatations.
Yusuff Aina
Yusuff Aina is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist who works using a medium called Ainaism. Derived from Aina, a Yoruba name given to a child born with the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck — this technique of creative lines, patterns and symbols illustrate the pressures a child faces in the womb, the freedom at birth and the journey through life.
Hannah Longole
Hannah Longole is a reputed Ugandan broadcast journalist. Founder of the ‘Ateker Cultural Center’ (ACC), her photography and videography documents, promotes and celebrates Pastoralist traditional values and cultural heritage.
Speakers
Laurence Sessou
Laurence ‘Moniasse’ Sessou is a London-based bodywork therapist, aromatherapist with over 14 years of practice and an artist muse, originally from the Republic of Benin. Her tattooing journey started when she was 30, and she has since broken the ground as one of the few black women with tattoos and scarifications in the modelling industry.
Anyango Mpinga
Anyango Mpinga is a Kenyan eco innovator, designer activist and who has embraced the principles of circular fashion to explore radical systems in textile design and promote conscious consumption of apparel and accessories.
Dr. Toyin Ajao
Dr. Toyin Ajao is a Nigerian feminist activist, writer, researcher and teacher. An award-winning international blogger and accomplished academic, she is also an alumna and an associate of the Africa Leadership Centre (ALC) King’s College, London where she completed the ALC prestigious Women Peace and Security Fellowship and a Master’s in Conflict Security and Development.
Dr. Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi
Dr. Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi is a painter, art critic, ethno-aesthetician and currently an associate professor, Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Nallah Sangaré
Nallah Sangaré from Ivory Coast and Mali is a creative in the Fashion, Beauty & Art industry. She is a Makeup artist, Hair Designer, Stylist, Creative Director and Photographer who uses fashion and makeup to shares stories of, and about Africa.
Ryan Ouellette
Ryan Ouellette is an American body art professional with twenty years of experience and a Scarification Practitioner. He is recognized as one of the world’s elite practitioners and has performed scarification in countries around the world including Japan, Germany, and the UK.
