Changemaker Lens · Painting · portraiture
It’s not a bed of roses
Ore Adedeji
About the work
It’s not a bed of roses advocates for women’s reproductive health. Women’s accounts of their experiences appear on the reverse of the painting, asking us to look beyond the surface of the portrait and make space for stories that are often left unheard.
About the contributor
Ore Adedeji is a Greater London portrait artist of Nigerian descent. Her practice is shaped by heritage, legacy and contribution, and brings elements of West African pattern and the African diaspora into contemporary portraiture.