Through a variety of mediums, Osi Audu creates shapes, patterns, and textures that reveal facets of human consciousness. His Goosebumps series (2023) focuses on piloerection (also known as the pilomotor reflex or horripilation), which is the involuntary reaction to strong emotions or experiences that results in raised body hair. Inspired by how yarn is incorporated into many cultural techniques throughout Africa, Audu weaves thick stripes of brightly colored yarn through canvas so that it protrudes and takes on a visceral charge. In doing so, his compositions are designed to trigger “aesthetic chills” while contemplating what he refers to as “the skin of things.” 

— Sophie Landres, Curator of the Dorsky Musem of Art.