Aaron Kudi
b. 1994, Bauchi, Nigeria — lives and works in London

Aaron Kudi is a contemporary artist whose abstract practice maps an inner landscape shaped by the tension between faith and science. Educated in psychology at UCL and currently completing an MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, Kudi approaches painting as a form of spiritual and material inquiry.

Working with liquid metals, raw pigments, and industrial enamels, he treats the studio as a laboratory where gravity and chance act as collaborators. His work resists fixed narratives, instead cultivating a devotional, process-led language of opacity, transformation, and continual becoming.

Recent exhibitions include A World in Dew at Matt Carey-Williams, London (2025); group exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris (2023); and group exhibition at Copeland Gallery, London (2022).

Athena's Call, 2025
Athena's Call (2025)
Oil, pigment, house paint, gold leaf, liquid metal, oil stick and jesmonite on canvas
152.4 × 167.6 cm
Oration on The Dignity of Man, 2025
Oration on The Dignity of Man (2025)
Oil, pigment, house paint, gold leaf, liquid metal, oil stick and jesmonite on canvas
182.9 × 365.8 cm
Quattro Stagioni Runs, 2025
Quattro Stagioni Runs (2025)
Oil and house paint on canvas
121.9 × 167.6 cm