Layomi Akinrinade: Anatomy of a Black Hole, Part Two

January 8-31, 2026

This exhibition marks Layomi Akinrinade’s first solo exhibition at Gallery 110, following the successful debut of his work at the 2025 Seattle Art Fair, where two of his paintings were placed with collectors. “Painting is a way for me to investigate my own perceptions,” says Akinrinade.

This body of work expands Akinrinade’s ongoing investigation into perception, identity, and the unseen forces that shape personal and cultural memory. The title evokes both the cosmological and the psychological, and the imagery draws from multiple lineages at once: African artistic traditions, urban atmospheres of both Lagos and Seattle, and the influence of digital culture on our human experiences. 

Working with oils, oil pastels, graphite, and mixed media, he allows each mark to prompt the next. “As the painting develops, I look for the point when the elements begin to align and the work establishes its own internal order.” For the artist, meaning is not predetermined but discovered through the act of painting. 

Interpretation remains open, shifting as the work is seen from new perspectives.