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Ile Ọkàn (House of the Soul) brings together sculpture, vessels, stools, photography and sound to create a space that is part shrine, part altar, part sacred room, all shaped by ritual, memory, and a desire for connection. An homage to Yoruba culture, to Bisila’s own spirituality and to women makers, the collection also pays tribute to the materials themselves - clay, plaster, bronze and wax - as the companions and teachers that they have become.

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The collection is split into three sections ‘Entering the Sacred’, ‘Searching for the Self’ and ‘Communion’ to represent the ideas embedded in the pieces on show.

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Each section will be accompanied by the artist's own words to introduce each series, finishing with:

“At the very end of this journey, at the altar, you will find the Fallen Vessel – one that, thanks to its imperfections, is offering us another way to connect with it: through its voice. I invite you to get close to it and listen to it. “