“Gathering”  

An Offering of Inner Knowing by Taylor K. Shaw-Omachonu

At Jutta Gallery June 2025

Jutta Gallery is honored to have presented GATHERING, the debut gallery exhibition by multidisciplinary artist and curator Taylor K. Shaw-Omachonu. This spiritually-rooted showcase invited viewers into a sacred space of reflection, release, and reconnection. Through a dynamic interplay of visual art, poetry, sound, movement, and installation, Gathering transcended the bounds of traditional exhibition—it became a soul encounter.

Inspired by Shaw-Omachonu’s personal shift from striving and control to surrender and listening, the show explored themes of memory, mysticism, and the liberation of the inner self. As a Purposeful Lady of Leisure™, Shaw-Omachonu reclaims rest as resistance and channels ancestral knowing into contemporary form.

At its heart, Gathering asked: How do we honor the whole self?

Featured Works and Collaborators

Crescent Moon, The Decision
Collaborator: Paris Souffrant
An evocative oil and embroidery painting capturing Shaw-Omachonu’s meditative vision of cosmic return. Cradled in a crescent moon, she gazes back to Earth—drawn by purpose and the will to leave a mark.
Paris Souffrant is a Brooklyn-based artist with a BFA from SUNY Purchase. Her work blends oil paint and embroidery, often reflecting Haitian and Jamaican heritage through themes of sound, color, language, and movement.

Invisible Weight, Water, Sky
Collaborator: Friday Lynton
A sacred metal cape designed to be worn by viewers—representing the burden and brilliance of Black womanhood. The piece explores the tension between glamour and resilience.
Friday Lynton is a Brooklyn-based Guyanese-American metal artisan, celebrated for body and home sculptures that fuse references from art, design, and fashion. Her medium is a tribute to her father’s legacy as a metalsmith.

WOMAN, WOLF
Collaborator: Rahila Coates
A cinematic short film and intuitive dance performance inspired by Women Who Run With the Wolves. This powerful work reclaims the wild feminine spirit and primal intuition.
Rahila Coates is a dancer, choreographer, and educator whose work brings together people from varied backgrounds to explore shared stories through movement and performance.

SEATED, HIGH THRONE
Collaborator: Jocelyn Girigorie
A sculptural throne installation inviting visitors to sit and realign with their higher selves—anchored between earth and sky.
Jocelyn Girigorie is a lighting and set designer from upstate New York. With a background in theatrical design, her passion lies in crafting environments that captivate and shift the emotional presence of space.

About the Artist

Taylor K. Shaw-Omachonu is a poet, essayist, and award-winning media executive dedicated to creating equity in the arts for diverse talent. Her artistic journey is defined by an intentional release of control in favor of spiritual listening and creative authenticity. With Gathering, she offered viewers a poetic, multidimensional invitation to witness, remember, and rest.
Visit Website → taylorkshaw.com