Plans are in top gear for Constance and Sons Gallery to unveil one of its most intimate and soul-stirring exhibitions titled: Aimasiko: Ignorance Of Divine Timing, from August 24 to 30, 2025, at the National Museum of Unity, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The gallery, under the leadership of Dunmade Ayegbayo, will bring together 88 compelling artworks by 20 diverse artists. The exhibition is going to explore the Yoruba concept of Aimasiko, aside from shedding light on human desires and delays; hopes and fulfilment and drawing lessons from the ancient Yoruba proverb “Adániwáyè ò gbàgbéẹnìkan; àìmàsìkòlóńdààmú ẹ dá” (“The Creator forgets no one; it is ignorance of divine timing that troubles mortals”).

Curated by Deputy Director and Station Curator of the National Museum of Unity, Mrs. Oriyomi Pamela Otuka, the exhibition would reflect the emotional, spiritual and societal weight of waiting. It invites viewers to a journey into the space between effort and outcome: a sacred space filled with uncertainty, endurance and hope.

Participating artists include Elijah Olanase, Roseleen Labazacchy, Alawaye Tope, Adebayo Taiwo, Oyeleye Feranmi, Omoyeni Arogunmati, Abiodun Nafiu, Olaosun Oluwapelumi, and Taiwo Odejinmi.

Others are Gobe Joseph, Oluwafemi Afolabi, Joshua Salami, Eyitayo Alagbe, Damola Ayegbayo, Obeka Simon, Tosin Oyeniyi, Oluwaseun Ojebiyi, Bakare Abubakri-Sideeq, Meshach Charity and Olumide Ajayi.

These groups of artists represent a dynamic spectrum of voices in the Nigerian contemporary art space. Through painting, mixed media and conceptual forms, they offer deeply personal and cultural interpretations of divine timing, as promise, burden and revelation.

From bold expressionism that captures the chaos of uncertainty, to serene portraits steeped in reflective stillness, the works speak to our shared longing for answers, our search for meaning, and our struggle with delay. They give visual form to questions that linger in many hearts: Why now? Why not yet? When will it be my turn?

According to Otuka, Aimasiko is not just about waiting; it is about understanding that not everything unfolds at our pace, adding that this exhibition honours that truth through the eyes and hands of artists who know what it means to live in-between.

Set in the culturally rich city of Ibadan, the National Museum of Unity provides the perfect space for this introspective and spiritually rich showcase.

With a focus on unity across Nigeria’s diverse cultural identities, the museum becomes a backdrop for dialogue between traditional wisdom and contemporary expression.

Aimasiko is more than an art exhibition; it is a meditation on timing, trust, and the mysterious beauty of becoming. It invites visitors to pause, reflect, and perhaps embrace the works that take place while we all wait.