By iBAND Magazine Editorial Team | Don’t Keep Your Art in the Finger!

There is something timeless about clay, and that is the way it yields to touch, remembers form, and transforms under fire. This November, that timelessness finds new expression as Visions in Clay Artists Network (VICAN) in collaboration with Fobally Art World Africa presents *“Echoes in Clay: New Hands, New Possibilities” this is a juried exhibition of ceramics and pottery that celebrates both tradition and innovation.

Holding from 15th to 22nd November 2025 at 3, Obi Achebe Drive, Off Petrocam Filling Station, Goshen Estate, Ikate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, the exhibition promises to be a stirring encounter between earth, fire, and imagination.

Featuring an exciting array of participating artists such as Idemudia Mercy Itohan, Okoro Patience Orie, Babatunde Adebowale, Ayanwale Ajoke M., and Promise Akabueze, the exhibition brings together emerging and established voices redefining the narrative of ceramics in contemporary African art. Their works, shaped in studios across Nigeria, echo with personal stories and shared heritage with tactile metaphors for endurance, identity, and beauty.

Adding to the richness of this artistic gathering are guest artists including Akanni Kehinde, Chris Ekuafeh, Dare Adenuga, Victor Ogundeji, Adeoti Azeez, and Adeleine Tchabong, each bringing unique perspectives that expand the vocabulary of clay. Their presence signals a cross-cultural conversation that goes beyond medium, it is one that connects vision, craftsmanship, and cultural memory.

The exhibition’s special guest artists, Ato Arinze and Djakou Kassi Nathalie, stand as living testimonies to the mastery and boundless possibilities of clay. Their works, revered across the continent, embody both the ancient and the avant-garde, bridging generations of ceramic artists and inspiring the new hands poised to carry the torch forward.

“Echoes in Clay” is more than an exhibition; it is a movement and a vindication to the resilience of African artists who continue to mould meaning from the earth beneath their feet. It celebrates the rebirth of ceramics as both a fine art and a vessel of culture, inviting audiences to listen closely to what clay has to say in the hands of a new generation.