Painting, quilt and digital surface, held together as a chosen family of methods. Known to many as Quilting Mafia.
Quilting is the layering of skills — a security blanket for the imagination. The mafia is the method: solidarity, adaptability, endurance.
Read the full bio →Bodies of work in paint, quilt, fibre and digital surface — each a layered enquiry into identity, womanhood and chosen family.
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Elizabeth Oniri is a South London-based interdisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in two central ideals: quilting and mafia.
For Elizabeth, quilting represents the layering of skills, ideas and techniques — a metaphorical security blanket that both supports and protects her creativity. Each element of her practice becomes a trusted companion, forming a chosen family of methods that allow her to over-stand her relationship with art making.
The mafia, in contrast, signifies a cultivated mindset — a network of learned strategies and experiences earned over time. It is not about dominance, but solidarity, adaptability and endurance: values deeply embedded in her practice.
Together these ideals form a continual interplay between intuition and intention, discipline and experimentation — a dynamic, self-determined process that is deeply personal, fiercely rooted and ever-evolving.
Limited-edition giclée and risograph prints, hand-finished, signed and numbered. Original works available on enquiry.
No prints are listed just yet — editions are being prepared in the studio.
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Enquire ↗Archival pigment print on 310gsm cotton rag. Edition of 50. Hand-signed and numbered by the artist; ships rolled in a protective tube within 7–10 days.
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