“Between movement and meaning. Between curly hair and African myths. Form emerges as the Vela Curl.”

Jowa Toya presents freestanding and wall-mounted objects made of veneered wood, whose design language draws inspiration from “curly hair”—as a symbol of identity, resilience, and individual structure. Organic lines evoke movement, condensation, and dissolution, translating hair into a minimalist sculptural language. Each object bears the name of a figure from African mythology (including Anasi Bai, Bia, Asase Yaa, Eshu, Mawu, and Oshun)—not as an illustration, but as a reference to mythology as a repository of knowledge about origins, transformation, protection, and cultural memory.