Press release

History stands as a totem of storytelling, traversing time, space, and memory, a theme deeply embedded in Ehikhamenor’s familial traditions. Often referencing history and literature, his recounting of the past intricately navigates complex religious implications and the confluence of an ever-evolving multicultural environment. A fervent advocate for the repatriation of the long-disputed Benin bronzes, a matter of global significance, Ehikhamenor uses his written and artistic voice to illuminate the realities of reclaiming cultural artifacts and traditions.

​His ‘rosary’ works, for instance, poignantly symbolize the displacement of religious motifs when detached from their original context. These works—embedded with plastic rosaries and Benin corals—depict figures and scenes referencing the Kingdom of Benin and African members of the Catholic elite and clergy. They address the complex interplay of beliefs and traditions among colonized peoples while critiquing environmental destruction through the use of plastic rosaries as symbols of globalization and mass production.