Made from wooden clothespins, wire, and steel, Centrefold (2026) was presented in Used, Seejarim’s second solo exhibition with Southern Guild and one of the inaugural exhibitions at the gallery’s New York space in Tribeca. Bringing together a new body of sculptural and wall-based works, the exhibition expanded the artist’s longstanding investigation into labour, gender, and power. Through the transformation of familiar domestic objects, Seejarim reveals the material and emotional traces of repetitive acts of care, reconstructing everyday materials into intricate sculptural forms.

Mosaic (2025) was included in Ballad of the Peacock, Nzuza’s U.S. debut and a companion inaugural exhibition at Southern Guild New York. Across his paintings, Nzuza explores identity, connection, and selfhood through a vivid visual language of colour and pattern. In Mosaic, a tightly assembled group of figures is distinguished by stripes, geometric motifs, and bold chromatic contrasts, reflecting the artist’s ongoing interest in fashion, textiles, and the ways in which clothing shapes personal and collective expression.

Centerfold will be included in an upcoming group exhibition at the museum titled Material Abstractions, opening July 16th (until October 4, 2026). The artworks showcased here demonstrate the unique communicative power of materials such as wool, wood, hemp, bamboo, clay, metal oxides, glass, leather, mirrors, repurposed books, animal bones, and seashells, to name but a few examples. “These works appeal not only to sight, but also to touch and sound to invoke a multi-sensory experience”, explains Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the museum, Anna Sigridur Arnar. “Moreover, historical traces or personal stories of these materials release meaningful information that can shape understanding.” Other artists included are Erin Shirreff, Domenico Zindato, Lauren Fensterstock, and Adebunmi Gbadebo, among others.