Join DIASPORA and ORA contemporary for an intimate private viewing of “La Ciudad Arde” by Ada Onwuasoanya.
Enjoy conversation, music, and cocktails with the artist and a curated group of IE students and alumni, including members of IE Africa, Arts & Business, Art, and Out & Allies clubs.
DIASPORA and ORA Contemporary come together to celebrate African and Afro-descendant culture through art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adaora Onwuasoanya Martínez’s practice is built on a conscious engagement with the everyday, understanding daily experience as a space where the visible and invisible coexist. Her work centers on nature, technology, presence, and solitude—not as abstract ideas, but as states that traverse the human condition and connect us to the whole. Her art arises from careful observation and deep listening, where magic and mortality appear when awareness is fully placed in the body and surroundings. The natural world does not appear as a mere landscape, but as something inseparable from humanity—a living force that accompanies, transforms, and challenges. At a pivotal moment in her career, she has developed an honest and situated practice that seeks to sustain the tension between the everyday and the essential, generating spaces of reflection and connection through art.
Join DIASPORA and ORA contemporary for an intimate private viewing of “La Ciudad Arde” by Ada Onwuasoanya.
Enjoy conversation, music, and cocktails with the artist and a curated group of IE students and alumni, including members of IE Africa, Arts & Business, Art, and Out & Allies clubs.
DIASPORA and ORA Contemporary come together to celebrate African and Afro-descendant culture through art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adaora Onwuasoanya Martínez’s practice is built on a conscious engagement with the everyday, understanding daily experience as a space where the visible and invisible coexist. Her work centers on nature, technology, presence, and solitude—not as abstract ideas, but as states that traverse the human condition and connect us to the whole. Her art arises from careful observation and deep listening, where magic and mortality appear when awareness is fully placed in the body and surroundings. The natural world does not appear as a mere landscape, but as something inseparable from humanity—a living force that accompanies, transforms, and challenges. At a pivotal moment in her career, she has developed an honest and situated practice that seeks to sustain the tension between the everyday and the essential, generating spaces of reflection and connection through art.