Oluwasemilore Delano | between slumped shoulders held the moon in waiting
TAFETA is pleased to present between slumped shoulders held the moon in waiting, the first solo exhibition by Oluwasemilore Delano in the gallery. This body of work continues Delano’s long attentive engagement with cows in Nigeria, not as pastoral symbols, but as a signifier of human instinct, honesty, beauty and roughness. These animals appear not as softened European archetypes but as scarred, awkward, strong and quietly secretive beings. They graze, stand, wait and endure within landscapes that feel both familiar and strange, carrying narratives that unfold slowly like riddles told under a shifting sky.
Front Room
Oluwasemilore Delano
Untitled, 2025
Oil paint and charcoal on plywood
81 x 53.6 cm
GBP 6,000
Oluwasemilore Delano
a grateful rebirth, 2025
Oil paint on plywood
183 x 122 cm
GBP 8,000
Oluwasemilore Delano
Wilful Longings, 2025
Oil paint on plywood
61 × 144 cm
GBP 8,000
Corridor
Oluwasemilore Delano (b. 1998) from Ogun state, Nigeria, is a London and Lagos-based artist whose practice explores memory, lineage, and Black spatial consciousness through drawing and sculpture. Her work often engages with materials like charcoal, concrete, oil, and textured black surfaces to interrogate themes of time, self / communal referencing, and cultural inheritance.
Delano began her formal art education with a foundation year at the Royal Drawing School (2016–17), followed by a BA in Architecture at King’s College, University of Cambridge (2017–20), where she was awarded the Purcell Prize for exceptional drawing. She later completed an MFA at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford (2023–24), supported by the Black Academic Futures and Penny Freer Scholarships.
Oluwasemilore Delano
Sinking Sands, 2025
Oil paint on plywood
40 × 26.8 cm
NFS
Oluwasemilore Delano
a conspiracy of stars , 2026
Oil paint on plywood
162 x 208 cm
GBP 8,000
Oluwasemilore Delano
Monuments, 2026
Oil paint on plywood
121 x 244 cm
GBP 7.850
Back Room
Oluwasemilore Delano
Sunblight, 2026
Oil paint, charcoal, chalk on plywood
162 x 244 cm
GBP 8,000
Oluwasemilore Delano
Rested between slumped shoulders held the moon in waiting, 2025
Oil paint, charcoal, chalk on plywood
162 x 244 cm
GBP 8,000
Oluwasemilore Delano
Untitled, 2025
Oil paint on plywood
63 x 53.5 cm
GBP 4,200
Oluwasemilore Delano
The pull after, still, 2025
Oil paint on plywood
40 x 26.8 cm
SOLD
Salon Exhibition
Aisha Olamide Seriki | Where Gravity Loses Force
Where Gravity Loses Force is a collection of objects and photographs that investigates the balance of opposing and complementary forces that characterise existence. The project follows on from Seriki’s seminal project Ori Inu, which states alignment as a harmony between inner and outer worlds.
Aisha Olamide Seriki
Equilibrum I, 2026
Photograph printed on Hahnemühle PhotoRag Baryta
45 x 45 cm - Edition of 5 ( 2AP) - GBP 1,350
80 × 80 cm - Edition of 3 ( 2AP) - GBP 2,750
Aisha Olamide Seriki
Equilibrum II, 2026
Photograph printed on Hahnemühle PhotoRag Baryta
45 x 45 cm - Edition of 5 ( 2AP) - GBP 1,350
80 × 80 cm - Edition of 3 ( 2AP) - GBP 2,750
Aisha Olamide Seriki
carried by song, 2026
Cyanotype, Silver Gelatine, Acrylic, Wood, Paper
41 x 41 cm - Edition of 3 + 2AP
GBP 3,350
Aisha Olamide Seriki
The weight of wings, 2026
Cyanotype, Wood, Paper
27 × 28 cm - Edition of 3 + 2AP
GBP 3,200
Aisha Olamide Seriki
Sweetgrass, 2026
Cyanotype, Silver Gelatine, Acrylic, Wood, Paper
49 × 50 cm - Edition of 3 + 2AP
GBP 3,500