“Night in Noyers” by Tai Kojro-Badziak
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Tai Kojro-Badziak Artist Statement:
In the village, the lights go out at 10pm but the sky stays blue til about 11…. At midnight, I lie on the old stone wall by the river, listening to the quiet. The stars circle above and an owl hoots. The night envelops me in inky darkness…. This painting is for the women who seek the wild land inside their cultivated spaces. For those who know the deepest stories resonate in the night time, when the rush of a birds wing can be felt in the wind as she passes. For those who listen to stones, and bells, and the burble of water, and hear a music our ancestors knew, and sang…… For those seeking peace.
I am an artist, creating a dialogue between experience and time—an exploration of history as a living pulse that shapes identity, emotion, and meaning. Through my art, I explore and capture the eternal in the fleeting, inviting viewers into a space where emotion becomes archive and history comes alive. My work weaves nature, ritual and memory, weaving organic forms into poetic narratives connecting art, nature, and the human spirit.
My art is a path to presence, a way of listening—to the land, to memory, to magic and mystery, to what lingers beneath the surface of everyday life. It is how I make sense of the quiet moments, the places that stay with me, the stories I carry but cannot always speak. I have found that sharing my version often gives others permission to find theirs.
