In celebration of VILLAGER: sovereign is my tradition, a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist VILLAGER—presented by Maryland Art Place, in partnership with Hotel Indigo Baltimore—OJOKORO | VILLAGE is happy to present a limited-edition (50) print 6 A.P. of sovereign is thou, sovereign we are now available for collection. Early collectors are invited to acquire the edition at a special release price of $300, offered in recognition of their early support of the work and the artist. The early collector price is only for the first 5 days, and then the price increases to $350.
Measurements: 20 × 26 inches
Year: 2026
A limited-edition run of 50 prints + 6 A.P. on Museo Silver Rag™ 300 gsm archival paper
Signed and numbered.
NOTE: Orders will begin shipping on November 1st; collectors who specify pickup should plan to retrieve their print at the Artist Talk/Closing Reception, which will take place on Sunday, November 8, from 2 PM to 4 PM.
“For VILLAGER, “sovereign is thou, sovereign we are” considers sovereignty as a condition of agency shaped by the forces that constitute us. Through spatial fields of color, bodily imprints, and the metaphor of the scar as an opening for light, it explores sensing as a form of knowledge and a means of understanding relational existence. Ancestry, memory, tradition, spirituality, migration, place, history, and culture emerge as interconnected forces through which identity is continually shaped and transformed. The work examines the tensions between inheritance and choice, asking what we carry by birth, what is imposed upon us, what we come to claim as our own, and what we consciously choose to sustain. Sovereignty, in this context, resides in the ongoing negotiation of these relationships: the capacity to locate, exercise, and redefine agency within, beyond, and through the conditions of our becoming.”
In celebration of VILLAGER: sovereign is my tradition, a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist VILLAGER—presented by Maryland Art Place, in partnership with Hotel Indigo Baltimore—OJOKORO | VILLAGE is happy to present a limited-edition (50) print 6 A.P. of sovereign is thou, sovereign we are now available for collection. Early collectors are invited to acquire the edition at a special release price of $300, offered in recognition of their early support of the work and the artist. The early collector price is only for the first 5 days, and then the price increases to $350.
Measurements: 20 × 26 inches
Year: 2026
A limited-edition run of 50 prints + 6 A.P. on Museo Silver Rag™ 300 gsm archival paper
Signed and numbered.
NOTE: Orders will begin shipping on November 1st; collectors who specify pickup should plan to retrieve their print at the Artist Talk/Closing Reception, which will take place on Sunday, November 8, from 2 PM to 4 PM.
“For VILLAGER, “sovereign is thou, sovereign we are” considers sovereignty as a condition of agency shaped by the forces that constitute us. Through spatial fields of color, bodily imprints, and the metaphor of the scar as an opening for light, it explores sensing as a form of knowledge and a means of understanding relational existence. Ancestry, memory, tradition, spirituality, migration, place, history, and culture emerge as interconnected forces through which identity is continually shaped and transformed. The work examines the tensions between inheritance and choice, asking what we carry by birth, what is imposed upon us, what we come to claim as our own, and what we consciously choose to sustain. Sovereignty, in this context, resides in the ongoing negotiation of these relationships: the capacity to locate, exercise, and redefine agency within, beyond, and through the conditions of our becoming.”