Apoti

Taking its title from the Yoruba word for both "luggage" and "stool," Apoti is a philosophical meditation
on the human condition.

Taking its title from the Yoruba word for both "luggage" and "stool," Apoti is a philosophical meditation on the human condition.

Side view of four wall mounted artworks from the Apoti project.

Year
2026
Primary Medium
Leather, hide, carbon fiber, walnut, stainless steel

The series explores our shared existence as sojourners, examining the physical and emotional baggage we carry as we navigate the precipice of life. Enclosing dreams, memories, and aspirations, this luggage is heavy—yet it contains the very tools required to forge a new beginning.

Apoti embraces this linguistic duality to illustrate a beautiful paradox of travel: the heavy burden that slows a traveler down eventually becomes the stool that provides them respite at the end of the day.

Apoti XIII

Apoti XII

Apoti XI

Apoti X

Apoti IX

Apoti VIII

Apoti VII

Apoti VI

Apoti V

Apoti IV

Apoti III

Apoti II

Apoti I

The physical works mirror this tension. Constructed as miniature boxes, the thirteen 4-by-7-inch pieces are forged from a collision of organic and industrial remnants. Through these salvaged materials, the series speaks to physical resilience and structural endurance, transforming the discarded byproducts of our consumer-oriented world into intimate vessels for memory, reflection, and redemption.

Four artworks from the Apoti project mounted on a white wall.

Visit the studio Oct 17

Traverse through Abidemis personal narrative of the studio, the artworks and the Apoti series in a virtual session with Abidemi as your private host.

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