Eseosa Ekiawowo Edebiri

2026 Bodies of Work

Visual Arts

Eseosa Ekiawowo Edebiri (she/it) received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Originally from The Bay Area, Edebiri is a Nigerian American teaching artist in Chicago who works within craft to speak to autonomy, intergenerational trauma, chronic illness, where we draw the line on disability, and magical realism.

Featured Artworks

A cyanotype with varying shades of blue to mimic the wings of a butterfly fluttering, with a beaded butterfly in the center and a lace boarder

don't fly too high, 2026 cyanotype, lace, beads, thoughts of her Photo by Araceli Zuniga

A cyanotype quilt with floral imagery surrounding butterflies in the center that reads "with you (me) always"

I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket, 2024 cyanotype Photo by Hannah Patterson

A red, circular lace backdrop with crochet text atop

What goes around comes around (big red), 2024 Crochet, found lace, craft roses, spilt tea between a friend and a cat Photo by Hannah Patterson

A large kite referencing the shape of a butterfly, using morei fabric to mimic stained glass in the sun. The kite has long tails with mini butterflies following

Stained glass kite, 2025 Morei, lace, ribbon, wooden dowels Photo by Ruby Que

View into a sewn installation that mimics a surreal room blending indoor and outdoor space

Perhaps Blue is a Cool Color, After All, 2023 installation Photo by Kate Bowen

multi-colored crochet text on two gallery walls

Alphabet Soup, 2022 baby yarn and adult feelings Photo by James Hosking