Orie. (Amarachi Okafor)

Orie. (Amarachi Okafor)

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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Recovered bags - bag as material and idea

 Bag as material, bag as concept,  including 'About Black Series', and other works.
Ecology, History, Human Actions, Consumption, Human Condition
We Trusted, So We Gave You Our Hearts, Gathered in a Bag, and We Waited (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
Cover Story II. On the Vastness of the Universe (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
Cashless Society Bags (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
She Laughs at the Future by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
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Fibre works - recovered paper & handmade paper from plants fibre

Boxes/Cartons: Container and  Containment Series
Where Do All Things Hold Together by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Studying the Beginning of the Universe by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
Castles Upon Earth II by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 3.
She Laughs at the Future by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
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Recovered stubs from smoked cigarettes

Paintings and Sculptures made from recovered filters from smoked cigarettes. 
Ecology, History, Human Actions, Consumption, Human Condition
Through the Narrow Doorway, Find Wisdom by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 7.
Fruit: The Fruit of Filtered Smoke by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
Okwe, The Name of the Game by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
She Laughs at the Future by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
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Happenings/Events (relational, participatory, community)

On Human Actions and the Human Condition,  Consumption, History


I Learnt This. No. 3 by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 7.
I Learnt This, No. 4 by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
I Learnt This, 2015 - Relational Public Art Event by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 11.
Ask Yourself, The Film by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
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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 Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
How to be Poor in the Head by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Unction of the Spirit by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
How to Frame and Please Six Women at Once by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
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1. SELECTED, Recovered Bags

Cashless Society Bags (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 5.
Cover Story II. On the Vastness of the Universe (About Black and the Bag Wall Series) by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
How to Frame and Please Six Women at Once by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
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2. SELECTED, Fibre Woks

Castles Upon Earth II by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 3.
She Laughs at the Future by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Where Do All Things Hold Together by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Studying the Beginning of the Universe by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
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3. SELECTED, Recovered Stubbs

Doughnut and Egg by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Bright Room II, Motivate, and Spread a Passion by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 4.
Through the Narrow Doorway, Find Wisdom by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 7.
Fruit: The Fruit of Filtered Smoke by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
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5. SELECTED Machine play

Herdsmen Bagged by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 5.
How to be Poor in the Head by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Shape of Hanging Skin by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
Unction of the Spirit by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
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4. Happenings

Ask Yourself, 2014 - Relational Public Art Event by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 18.
I Learnt This, 2015 - Relational Public Art Event by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 11.
I Learnt This, No. 4 by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 2.
Ask Yourself, The Film by Orie. (Amarachi Okafor), Image 1.
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