Karolina Żyniewicz & Saheed Wahab

Join us for In Between Silence & Self Defense, two parallel exhibitions developed by Karolina Żyniewicz & Saheed Wahab during residencies in Enschede. Both artists explore resilience and connection. Saheed through quiet introspection and Karolina through nature’s hidden powers.

Opening: 12 November 2025, 19:30–22:00
Location: B93, Hoge Bothofstraat 166, Enschede

Additionally, Karolina Żyniewicz will host workshops on 15 and 16 November, offering a deeper look into the themes and methods of her project.

IN BETWEEN SILENCE – Saheed Wahab

In “In between silence”, Saheed Wahab explores how the male body becomes a site of quiet resilience and introspection, through drawing and painting, he examines solitude, vulnerability and subtle gestures that reveal emotional depth with stillness.

Developed during his residency at Artist Residencies Enschede (ARE), this body of work reflects an encounter between self and environment, the calm rhythm of Enschede has filtered into Wahab’s process slowing down his gestures and allowing silence to shape his visual language. The result is a series of works that balance the physicality of mark making with the fragility of the human condition.

Rendered in charcoal, acrylics and subdued tonality of oil colors, Wahab’s figures inhabit open, ambiguous spaces that echo both distance and connection. They invite the viewer to dwell in the quiet tension between presence and absence, between what is seen, felt and withheld.

About Saheed Wahab:
Saheed Wahab born in Lagos Nigeria, is a visual artist whose practice navigates the intersections of solitude, masculinity, and the spiritual dimensions of everyday life. Working between painting and drawing, his figures balance gesture and restraint, exploring how vulnerability can inhabit silence.

He studied Painting at Yaba College of Technology Lagos, where he earned both a National and Higher National Diploma in 2019. Wahab has exhibited internationally, including a solo presentation at Unit London, Nanzuka Gallery in Japan. He is currently an artist in residence at Artist Residencies Enschede (ARE), Netherlands, where his work continues to evolve around questions of belonging, displacement, and the emotional architecture of the body.

About Karolina Żyniewicz:
Karolina Żyniewicz (PL/DE) is a Berlin-based artist&researcher&educator, a liminal being, existing and performing between various contexts and disciplines. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Visual Arts of the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź and holds PhD in cultural sciences (obtained in the transdisciplinary program Nature-Culture at Artes Liberales Faculty, University of Warsaw).

Website: http://karolinazyniewicz.eu

2-day workshop:
Number of participants: 10 – please, register: karolinazyniewicz@gmail.com

Saturday 15th of November, 3pm-5pm: The first day will be dedicated to working with selected plants having poisonous potential. We will extract their saps, learn about their properties and soak white thread with the poisonous juices. 

Sunday 16th of November, from 3pm: The thread soaked with a sap of a particular poisonous plant will be used for doing an embroidery depiction of the plant. The participants can stay at the studio as long as they want. They can also finish their embroidery shield at home.

Participation in both days is advisory but coming only for one day is possible.