Temidayo SDL Arise Explores Memory, Myth, And The Nigerian Soul In “Memoria” Exhibition

Nigerian artist Temidayo SDL Arise is set to debut Memoria, a powerful solo exhibition that reimagines memory, myth, and the spirit of Nigeria. The exhibition will take place at SO.NNE, a creative venue located at 17 Maitama Sule Street, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, from July 12 to 18.

Presented in collaboration with A Whitespace Creative Agency, a leader in creative direction and cultural production, and produced by Booze and Peppermint, a publishing and venture studio at the forefront of storytelling.

With 24 distinct digital artworks, Arise invites viewers into a dreamscape shaped by surrealism, African spiritual cosmology, and speculative realism. Each piece interrogates religion, reassembles myth, and reflects on identity in an era of hyper-digital fragmentation. These works operate as both portals and mirrors, suspended in time, yet grounded in personal and collective memory.

Arise, widely regarded as a cultural futurist, has exhibited globally at Art Basel Miami (2021), Galeria Lisboa (2022), and across Lagos. As co-founder of the avant-garde Indigo art house in Ilorin and head of HAKAI Studios, he seamlessly merges fine art with fashion, engineering, and design to shape a new African creative vanguard.

Accompanying the show is the Memoria art book, a striking companion publication that blends essays, archival fragments, sketches, and spiritual reflections. Designed as both scripture and field journal, it captures the texture of memory in print.

Running daily from 12PM to 7PM, Memoria promises an immersive encounter in one of Lagos’s most thoughtfully curated venues. It is a rare collaboration between artist, producer, and space, a convergence of story, structure, and soul.