Amarachi Okafor (Orie)

Amarachi Okafor (Orie)

Abuja, Nigeria

I am an innovative institutionally-oriented artist who makes quirky singular artworks investigating human actions in society. Learn more- www.amarachiokafor.art

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Bag as Medium and Idea

 Bag as material, bag as concept,  including 'About Black Series', and other works.
Ecology, History, Human Actions, Consumption, Human Condition
Cover Story II. On the Vastness of the Universe (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
We Trusted, So We Gave You Our Hearts, Gathered in a Bag, and We Waited (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Cashless Society Bags (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Couple by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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Fibre Works - Recovered paper & Handmade paper

Boxes/Cartons: Container and  Containment Series
Where Do All Things Hold Together by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Studying the Beginning of the Universe by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Castles Upon Earth II by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
She Laughs at the Future by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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Recovered Filters from Smoked Cigarettes

Paintings and Sculptures made from recovered filters from smoked cigarettes. 
Ecology, History, Human Actions, Consumption, Human Condition
Okwe, The Name of the Game by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Who Has Measured the Oceans in the Palm of their Hands by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Who Has Held the Dust of the Earth with the Breadth of their Hand by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Through the Narrow Doorway, Find Wisdom by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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nkụkọ na égwū (Machine-Threads-Playing)

nkụkọ na égwū: Machine-Threads-Playing
Investigating Painting through play, gesture, and stitch
She Laughs at the Future by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
How to be Poor in the Head by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Unction of the Spirit by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
How to Frame and Please Six Women at Once by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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Relational Art Events (Community, Participation, Collaboration)

On Human Actions and the Human Condition,  Consumption, History


I Learnt This. No. 3 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
I Learnt This, No. 4 by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
I Learnt This, 2015 - Relational Public Art Event by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
Ask Yourself, The Film by Amarachi Okafor (Orie)
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