Graduates Nioosha Vaezzadeh and Chidimma Omeke exhibit at Villa Bengel

On Thursday, 10 April 2025, 18:30 at Villa Bengel and via livestream on the Instagram-Channel of the Jakob Bengel Foundation

With a welcoming address from Peter Wenzel and an introduction by Prof Theo Smeets.

The Iranian artist and the Nigerian artist will be presenting the results of their Master's studies at the Gemstone and Jewellery Campus. The cultural roots, rituals and social situation of their home countries resonate in all their works: Nioosha Vaezzadeh deals with the position of women in Islamic society in her works; Chidimma Omeke addresses masquerade and identity; his thesis redefines jewellery as an extension of the mask.

The exhibition can be visited from 11 April 2025 to 22 June 2025 at Villa Bengel.

Address: Villa Bengel, Wilhelmstraße 44, 55743 Idar-Oberstein
Opening hours: Tue.-Sun. 10am - 5pm

You can find more information here on Nioosha Vaezzadeh, Chidimma Omeke and the industrial monument Jakob Bengel.

Nioosha Vezzadeh: Give this embroidery to my daughter! | Necklace | 2025 | Black jasper, cotton fabric, red polyester thread © Nioosha Vezzadeh

Chidimma Omeke: Come Up Hither, will | Hand-held mask, skulpture | 2025 | Agate, wood © Chidimma Omeke