Wura-Natasha Ogunji: So Pretty

So Pretty is the first solo exhibition in France by Nigerian-American artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji, bringing together around thirty works created between 2017 and 2024. The show immerses viewers in her graphic and poetic universe, where drawing, embroidery, and performance converge.

Her signature ink works on tracing paper – cut, stitched, and embroidered – unfold like choreographies of bodies, lines, and color. In her most recent pieces, Ogunji introduces new materials such as magazine pages, glassine, gesso, and laterite, layering ink and oil with striking freedom. The compositions become denser and more saturated, revealing haunting figures, fractured heads, and darker, obscured landscapes.

The exhibition’s title works as a trompe-l’œil: beneath the surface elegance lies a reflection on aesthetic norms and the violence they may conceal. Balancing delicacy and intensity, Ogunji’s work probes memory, emotion, and human vulnerability, celebrating imperfection and the erratic beauty of creation itself.