My Turn by Holly Oluwo • October 9th to October 31st
My Turn: Holly Oluwo
artist exhibition
Opening Night: Thu 9 October, 6pm–10.30pm
Exhibition: Fri 10 October to Sun 30 November,
Mon–Fri 9am–5pm
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Join us for the opening of My Turn as part of Black History Month / BLX25 — an evening celebrating art, creativity, and community. View the new collage works, vases, and prints up close, meet the artist, and enjoy the atmosphere.
My Turn showcases Holly’s latest original collage works alongside a new series of vases and prints. These pieces explore anatomy, identity, and resilience through layered newspaper textures, using the medium both as material and message. The work reflects on inequalities within UK healthcare, particularly the lived experiences of Black women, and invites viewers into a space where art becomes both personal expression and social commentary.
Artist Bio:
Holly Oluwo
Collagist | Mother | Poet | Model
Born and raised in the Poplar, East End of London, I’m a proud Black woman, a single mother, and a self-taught collagist now based on the Kent coast. My journey into recent art series deepened after undergoing surgery in 2019, where I lost a fallopian tube due to medical negligence. That experience, then joy of falling pregnant December 2019 exposed me to how little I knew about my own body—and how deeply inequality runs through our healthcare systems.
My recent collage series ‘Anatomical Bits’, I began to process, question, and reclaim my story. What started as therapy evolved into a practice rooted in healing, education, and resistance. My work is both personal and political—assembled piece by piece, like the fragmented truths so many women, especially Black women, carry.
Art has been my way to find peace, and now, through exhibitions and community-led collage clubs, I aim to hold space for others to do the same.
IG: @realredwoman