The Artist.
Zam
Zam Onwa is an interdisciplinary artist who heavily draws influence from their personal experiences and emotions for their art. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, they moved to Canada in 2021 to further their education and continue their practice. They get inspiration for their art from the beautiful yet painful experience of leaving home and really getting to know one’s undiluted self. Zam has explored many different styles over the years including but not limited to realism through pointillism and stamp art on digital platforms as well as canvas.
Name of Artwork
Embrace the Chaos
About the artwork
Note from the Artist:
My dearest self, behold this page, adorned with ink's embrace, a vessel for the tempest's tale, a solace in this space. oh, how the days have danced with fire, swirling in their wake, each sunrise heralding a storm, a symphony of ache. no compass to guide my weary heart, no map to light my way, I find myself adrift, lost at sea, within this disarray.
How did it come to be, dear self, this tumult unforeseen? a maelstrom born of circumstance, a world turned unforeseen. in the depths of chaos, I find my voice, unbidden, it sweeps me, leaving no choice. yet within the storm, a flickering flame, chaos reveals truths, shedding the old game. I'll stand strong, transformed, upon life's shore, embracing the unknown, I'll grow and explore.
let the tempest rage, for I'll rise anew, resilience extends, unveiling the truth. In chaos, dreams are born, a wild embrace, a testament to strength, my letter's grace.
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Original
1 of 1
Size
24 X 30 In
Year
2024
Status
Available
Name of Artwork
“infinit(e/y)”
About the artwork
This painting shows exactly how the bounds of realities blur and merge into one large tapestry of existence. These bright colors, as different as they might seem, maintain no bounds between themselves, showing how our experiences run freely into one another and our worlds merge together. For me, every time I look at this painting, the harmony of convergence that speaks from these different dimensions reminds me that our perception of reality is not static, but dynamic and changing. This is a piece that challenges me to outreach my understanding and embrace the idea that those boundaries existing between different facets of existence are all not at all fixed, but beautifully fluid.
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Original
1 of 1
Size
16 X 20 In
Year
2023
Status
Available
Name of Artwork
For Your Mind
About the artwork
for your mind, make una listen well. this life, e be like say e go balance how you want am, but no be so o! no be wetin you fit control. na only yourself you fit control. e go better make u sabi say, life na one big cruise ship wey dey sail anyhow. u go plan, u go arrange, but na so plot twist go dey happen. u go dey reason say you go chop rice, na beans e go come be. u go dey expect peace, na kasala go burst. my person, no vex. e no mean say u no fit chop life. just make una ready for anything wey e bring. good or bad, na so e dey do like film trick. e get as e be, but u go dey okay, just hold yourself well.
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Original
1 of 1
Size
18 X 24 In
Year
2024
Status
Available
Name of Artwork
A Fall from Grace
About the artwork
I looked at you, and the light of idealization blinded me. Your every word, your every movement—Grace Incarnate.
You were perfect, faultless—or so I had convinced myself. The scales veiled my eyes from seeing that which was not true.
Then, one day, the scales fell away. I saw you, unobscured, for who you truly are. Grace revealed as calculated posturing.
My heart broke at that very moment. Shards seemed to cut deep into the illusion I was so desperately building up. I wept for the loss of what I had thought you to be, facing raw, galling reality for who you are.
A fall from grace, painful and complete. Yet in the ache was clarity—clarity born of disillusionment, sharpened by the acid sting of disappointment.
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Original
1 of 1
Size
16 X 20 In
Year
2022
Status
Available
Name of Artwork
The Odyssey
About the artwork
Have you ever been enlightened ?
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Original
1 of 1
Size
16 X 20 In
Year
2024
Status
Available