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Chidinma Nnoli is best known for oil and acrylic paintings of feminine figures that evoke a surrealistic and nostalgic imaginary. Fascinated with the psychological effects and allegorical implications of space, the settings in which Nnoli’s subjects find themselves––claustrophobic domestic interiors or, more recently, fantastical landscapes––take on a narrative heft that transcends the role of simple backdrop. Taken as a whole, Nnoli’s practice confronts socially entrenched structures of patriarchal power, resisting reductive notions of femininity and mental health in contemporary society.