Jennifer Anoruie’s paintings focus on intimate, closely framed gestures: the back of a head, a braid adorned with a single flower, hands delicately holding a blade of grass. Rendered with a muted, earthy palette, her figures appear partially obscured or cropped, as though remembered in fragments. This partiality—never showing a full face—creates a sense of interiority, suggesting memory experienced from the inside rather than observed from afar. Her use of small, symbolic botanicals becomes a quiet language of belonging, tenderness, and cultural continuity. In her work, identity is not declared outright but revealed slowly through gesture, touch, and the everyday rituals that persist even in unfamiliar places. These images give shape to an unwritten heritage, honouring the subtle ways we carry our past with us.
