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Climas Malsanos brings together a diverse collection of works from the artist’s Climate Immigrants (2017-Present) series that highlights the complex relationship between humans and the environment by focusing on our changing climate and its impact on habitation and migration patterns.
On View: June 20 - July 19
In STARS & PORTALS, Nigerian-born artists Adewale Alli and VILLAGER unite in a transcendent visual dialogue between cosmos and spirit. Here, stars and portals form the conceptual framework: stars as celestial guides, markers of destiny, light, and cosmic navigation; portals as metaphysical structures, spiritual gateways, and temporal passageways of memory and ancestral possibility.
Together, their works create an immersive landscape where the metaphysical and the material intertwine. Alli’s star paintings explore the boundless expanse of the universe, drawing on the cosmic and emotional resonance of abstraction. Through fire, texture, and form, he channels the brilliance and chaos of stellar birth and death, using stars as symbolic language for resilience, destruction, and rebirth. His canvases become constellations of feeling, mapping the unseen emotional universes within and beyond.
In dialogue, VILLAGER’s portal series offers a rooted counterpoint grounded in Yorùbá spirituality and Afrocentric futurism–reaching through time and memory. These circular forms act as energetic vessels, temporal passageways, and visual manifestations of ancestral wisdom and nonlinear time. Interwoven with materials, cowries, and pigments, each portal pulses the energy of transition, possibility, and return. They are windows into different worlds, folding time upon itself and offering new visions for how we understand beginnings and endings; being, belonging, and becoming.
STARS & PORTALS is a sacred mapping that invites viewers to trace the lines between personal and cosmic, past and future, the terrestrial and the divine. Through this shared cosmology, Alli and VILLAGER illuminate a path for reimagining self, history, and possibility—through the guidance of stars and the passage of portals.
Artist Bio
VILLAGER (b. Abdul Rasheed Adekunle Adaranijo in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born International Artist, Cultural Producer, and African Spirituality Practitioner whose work exists to scrutinize, deconstruct, and redefine what it means to be a “Contemporary African" by exploring the complex yet evolving intersections of post-colonial identity, cultural heritage, material intelligence, and knowledge production. Trained as a Water Microbiologist and Environmental Researcher, VILLAGER earned a B.S. in Environmental Chemistry from Towson University in 2020. They have presented solo exhibitions ÀṢẸ: Embodying the Divine (2024), and BUSH BOY! (2022) in Baltimore, MD. VILLAGER's work has also been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including, Sou(l): Mostra de Arte Afro-Diaspórica, Artspace Vigidal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Diasporic Crossing, Southside Contemporary, Richmond, VA, BLAQ SHEEP, Superchief Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA, AFROFUTURISM: 100 years after the Harlem Renaissance, Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ to name a few. VILLAGER's work has been featured in publications such as BmoreART, Baltimore Banner, and NUNAR, and has received several awards including the Baltimore Mayor's Office Individual Artist Award (2025). VILLAGER's artwork can be found in private art collections in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Rio de Janeiro.
Adewale Alli
Adewale (b. 1993, Nigeria) is an artist whose practice centers on bringing the surreal beauty of space closer to humanity. Through sculptural forms and celestial-inspired paintings He creates works that evoke a sense of vitality and presence, inviting viewers to explore their own sense of divinity. Inspired by stars as cosmic engines of life, Adewale's work reimagines identity and existence on a universal scale.
On View: June 20 - July 19
In STARS & PORTALS, Nigerian-born artists Adewale Alli and VILLAGER unite in a transcendent visual dialogue between cosmos and spirit. Here, stars and portals form the conceptual framework: stars as celestial guides, markers of destiny, light, and cosmic navigation; portals as metaphysical structures, spiritual gateways, and temporal passageways of memory and ancestral possibility.
Together, their works create an immersive landscape where the metaphysical and the material intertwine. Alli’s star paintings explore the boundless expanse of the universe, drawing on the cosmic and emotional resonance of abstraction. Through fire, texture, and form, he channels the brilliance and chaos of stellar birth and death, using stars as symbolic language for resilience, destruction, and rebirth. His canvases become constellations of feeling, mapping the unseen emotional universes within and beyond.
In dialogue, VILLAGER’s portal series offers a rooted counterpoint grounded in Yorùbá spirituality and Afrocentric futurism–reaching through time and memory. These circular forms act as energetic vessels, temporal passageways, and visual manifestations of ancestral wisdom and nonlinear time. Interwoven with materials, cowries, and pigments, each portal pulses the energy of transition, possibility, and return. They are windows into different worlds, folding time upon itself and offering new visions for how we understand beginnings and endings; being, belonging, and becoming.
STARS & PORTALS is a sacred mapping that invites viewers to trace the lines between personal and cosmic, past and future, the terrestrial and the divine. Through this shared cosmology, Alli and VILLAGER illuminate a path for reimagining self, history, and possibility—through the guidance of stars and the passage of portals.
Artist Bio
VILLAGER (b. Abdul Rasheed Adekunle Adaranijo in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian-born International Artist, Cultural Producer, and African Spirituality Practitioner whose work exists to scrutinize, deconstruct, and redefine what it means to be a “Contemporary African" by exploring the complex yet evolving intersections of post-colonial identity, cultural heritage, material intelligence, and knowledge production. Trained as a Water Microbiologist and Environmental Researcher, VILLAGER earned a B.S. in Environmental Chemistry from Towson University in 2020. They have presented solo exhibitions ÀṢẸ: Embodying the Divine (2024), and BUSH BOY! (2022) in Baltimore, MD. VILLAGER's work has also been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including, Sou(l): Mostra de Arte Afro-Diaspórica, Artspace Vigidal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Diasporic Crossing, Southside Contemporary, Richmond, VA, BLAQ SHEEP, Superchief Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA, AFROFUTURISM: 100 years after the Harlem Renaissance, Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ to name a few. VILLAGER's work has been featured in publications such as BmoreART, Baltimore Banner, and NUNAR, and has received several awards including the Baltimore Mayor's Office Individual Artist Award (2025). VILLAGER's artwork can be found in private art collections in Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Rio de Janeiro.
Adewale Alli
Adewale (b. 1993, Nigeria) is an artist whose practice centers on bringing the surreal beauty of space closer to humanity. Through sculptural forms and celestial-inspired paintings He creates works that evoke a sense of vitality and presence, inviting viewers to explore their own sense of divinity. Inspired by stars as cosmic engines of life, Adewale's work reimagines identity and existence on a universal scale.
The BIG Show opening night begins with a salon style exhibition opening from 6-8PM where all of our members (kids too!) are invited to put one piece in the show. Then, we move into the theater for a variety show like no other! Any member can sign up to flaunt their talents on stage! This is a family friendly night that is FREE for members and open to the public. This is a fantastic opportunity to expand (or begin) your art collection!
The BIG Show exhibition opening reception is just the beginning! To celebrate our talented members for Creative Alliance's 30th BIG SHOW, we're bringing you a dance party with Jonathan Gilmore!
The BIG Show exhibition opening, showcasing over 150 works of art, is open to all! To keep the celebration going, head to the theater at 8pm to hear the upbeat and powerful music of celebrated performance artist, Jonathan Gilmore! Tickets are $10 for the general public and FREE for members.
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