Eubie Blake Cultural Center is pleased to present Devotion, Dreams, and Destiny, a solo exhibition of works by the Nigerian–born Transdisciplinary Artist, VILLAGER (b. A. Adekunle Adaranijo) on view from September 11 to October 11, 2025. VILLAGER’s work explores the intersections of post-colonial identity, material intelligence, and ancestral/indigenous knowledge production through a spiritual, anthropological, and visual-material-based inquiry that uncovers and interprets the sublime, intangible forces shaping the evolution of culture, identity, and consciousness.

Inspired by the mythological and time-bending metaphysical landscapes of The Famished Road by Ben Okri, the works in Devotion, Dreams, and Destiny span across painting, site-specific installation, experimental film, and collage, tracing a journey through a liminal terrain where the real and the supernatural, living and the dead, seen and the unseen, past and present, traditional and contemporary coalesce and unfold into what is forgotten, remembered, and what is yet to be known. The exhibition explores object and material memory, mythology, and speculative storytelling, inviting meditation and reflection on what it means to be in service of something greater than the self—the land, the ancestors, and the collective. Together, these works elicit the revelations that await us at the crossroads where we dream with devotion–glimpsing, listening, and holding the whisperings of our destiny.

The exhibition will be on view from September 11 to October 11, 2025 with a preview during the Bromo Art Walk. Join us for the Public Opening reception (rsvp optional) on September 12, 2025, from 6 PM–8 PM at 847 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD 21201. The Artist talk will be held on September 2, 2025 from 1 PM - 3 PM followed by a closing Reception and performance on October 9, 2025 from 6 PM - 8 PM. Gallery hours: Wednesday–Friday, 11 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday, 12PM to 3PM. For additional information on the exhibition, please contact the gallery at (410) 225-3130 or email [email protected] for all acquisition inquiries