Baltimore, MD — In a world saturated with noise and relentless distraction, silence has become a radical act. Within Reach of Silence, a new exhibition by artist Temi Wynston Edun, draws viewers into a powerful space where stillness speaks and reflection carries weight. Experience Edun’s first solo U.S. exhibition at Gallery Blue Door on Saturday, January 17, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, at 833 Park Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201. The exhibition will be on view through April 18, 2026.
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Sign upIn Within Reach of Silence, Edun presents 18 artworks that reveal a world where presence and absence coexist. Through layered, tactile portraits, he transforms silence into a charged space, where inherited trauma, ancestral knowledge, cultural memory, and lingering longing speak louder than words.
“My work centers on figurative painting as a site of restraint rather than declaration. I am interested in how silence operates as a structural condition, shaping posture, gaze, and presence without resolving into narrative or explanation. The figure remains central, but withheld, allowing meaning to gather without disclosure,” says Edun.
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Based in Columbia, Maryland, Edun was born in Ibadan, West Africa, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from the University of Benin, Nigeria, in 1984. After exhibiting in Benin City and Lagos, he relocated to the United States in 1987 and later studied under Baltimore-based artist Larry “Poncho” Brown from 1990 to 1993.
Edun’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows in London (2021) and Paris (2022), and has been featured in New American Paintings (Issue 166). In 2018, Edun was commissioned by the DC Black Repertory Company to paint a portrait of its founder, legendary actor Robert Hooks. His work is held in notable public and private collections, including Beth Rudin DeWoody’s Bunker Artspace (Palm Beach, FL), the Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY), and Dress Up (Basel, Switzerland).
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For more information about the artist, visit gallerybluedoor.com
