# Project Description Paradise Jasmine Osegbu Summary Final work Jasmine Osegbu (b.1998) is a British-Nigerian artist based in London. Her practice utilises painting and digital media to explore worldbuilding, Blackness and the Feminine. She uses painting and digital media to create immersive, colourful, energising paintings and installations. The content of her work confronts and examines representations of Blackness and the Feminine and reimagines reality through constructing speculative narratives. Her work is Afrofemcentric, which is informed by her context as a British-Nigerian woman. The form of her work spans traditional forms and newer technologies, often creating a dialogue between the two. She places importance on viewer experience, channelling states such as joy, empowerment and escapism to her audience. Fluorescent colours heighten the visceral excitation of the experience and her thermal colour palette represents the transmutation of energy from her artwork to the viewer. Jasmine Osegbu (b.1998) is a British-Nigerian artist based in London. Her practice utilises... College Central Saint Martins Course MA Fine Art Graduation year 2025 Paradise is an immersive installation incorporating painting, animation and print. The multi-elemental piece reflects the journey of the fictional Black female protagonist, Esidara, through five forms of ‘paradise’. An empty white void of clarity, an escapist island, an infinite hedonistic festival, a village of ancestral connection and finally; a reflection of Heaven. It is the culmination of my research thesis, Reimagining Reality: Black Experiences through Worldbuilding and Fictioning . Throughout my research, I found a recurrent motif of longing for a utopia or paradise throughout Black speculative worlds across literature, film, music and visual art. I aimed to contemplate this, influenced by an Afrofemcentric, British-Nigerian lens. Rather than strive for a definitive conclusion, the piece invites speculation on what paradise might be. My research delves into how Worldbuilding and Fictioning serve as mediums for exploring Black experiences. Examining the works of creators including Octavia Butler and Sun Ra, I focused particularly on lived experiences of Black individuals which have been reimagined through new worlds and fictions. The writings of Jayna Brown and Édouard Glissant informed my approach in studying the methodology and implications of reimagining Black experiences through Worldbuilding and Fictioning. Final work Paradise, the Promised Land Acrylic on canvas 300 x 300cm View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process Reverie (2024) Acrylic on canvas 150 x 200cm Reverie utilises worldbuilding to illustrate the experience of finding joy within being lost; remnant of Glissant’s notion of errantry as a form of freedom and resistance. It is figurative, Afrofemcentric and speculative, reflecting my research on Black Experiences through Worldbuilding and Fictioning. Ease (2024) Acrylic on canvas 150 x 200cm Ease presents a yearning for peace, as well as community and collectiveness – ideals which were present in my research into Black speculative worlding such as that of the African American Shaker movement. Share this project Paradise is an immersive installation incorporating painting, animation and print. The multi-elemental piece reflects the journey of the fictional Black female protagonist, Esidara, through five forms of ‘paradise’. An empty white void of clarity, an escapist island, ... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Digital Experiences Futures Race Realities Story & Myth Access, Ability & Inclusivity Aesthetics Gender Identity Places & Spaces Nature & Environment BlackAndMinorityEthnic BlackCreatives Gender Women Speculative 3D 3DAnimation Painting Acrylic Colour Postcolonialism Digital Immersive Installation Projection Print Imagination Figurative Fiction Multimedia Reality