Experiments with Image / Exploring Food Culture

In this workshop you will use collage-making to recall memories, clarify ideas, and express personal perspectives. Identify and present your individual food cultures by creating collages using found images, food packaging, and personal drawings.
The final piece will reflect what you specifically eat — an artistic representation of your unique relationship with food.

This workshop is free, drop-in, and suitable for ages 14-26.


This is part of a series of monthly workshops designed by Adobe Creative Resident Michael Akuagwu.
Every month we will be looking at examples of collage and mixed media with great artists and different themes as inspiration. Here we explore photomontage, collage, assemblage, watercolour and more.


Artist Biography:
Chiizii is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, raised in New York and currently based in London. Her practice, grounded in painting, collage, and textile design, is deeply informed by Igbo, Nigerian, and broader African experiences. Informed by archival research, community-based oral traditions, and personal memory, she creates work that embodies cultural specificity and narrative depth.

 At the core of her process is the synthesis of diverse materials and mediums, resulting in collages that function as visual narratives of her research. she translates her research into works on found wood, textile prints, garment and jewelry making, and audio installations—each contributing to what she describes as "present memory diasporic snapshots."
 
 Her current research focuses on the role of art in preserving and communicating Igbo food culture, while also examining artistic practice as both a method of learning and a tool for teaching. Recent exhibitions include Frieze London (2023), Lagos Peckham Repeat at South London Gallery (2023), 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair London (2022), and the RA Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy (2021).