Salome is a multidisciplinary artist expressing a bold visual language drawn from Lagos, Salvador de Bahia, and London—cities where she has lived and worked. Currently based in London, her work encompasses painting, printmaking, illustration, and performance.

Salome's education and professional life has significantly influenced her artistic perspective. She completed her undergraduate studies in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, followed by over a decade of legal practice. This experience deeply influenced her visual language, prompting her to explore themes of play, spontaneity, memory, and movement. These explorations were often responses to her demanding career in corporate law, where she would capture fleeting moments to draw during lunch breaks or commutes.

Her initial ventures into abstraction and monoprinting began with ‘Mono-dusk’ and ‘Mono-dawn,’ where only one of each print exists. Following these initial works, Salome honed her skills through various courses and programs, including time at The Art Academy in London, and two years dedicated to printmaking in Japanese woodcut and screen printing.

Salome's ongoing fascination with archives and memory is primarily expressed through painting and printmaking. Her recent series, "The Long Way Home" (2022), features oil paintings and photographic screen prints inspired by cherished family photographs. This series represents a poignant shift from her typically bold colour palette to more subdued tones, a deliberate choice influenced by the loss of her father in 2021. These muted colours capture the essence of memories reconstructed from inherited photographs.

Through her art Salome explores the intersection between law and art aiming to connect them as well as expose their disconnections.

contact: connect@salomecoker.com