Museum London is showcasing a vibrant new installation by award-winning artist and musician Lido Pimienta that explores cultural identity, resistance, and beauty through ceramic art.
Lido Pimienta: Love and Resistance opened Oct. 25 and features handcrafted discs, plates and bowls that reflect Pimienta’s Afro-Colombian and Indigenous (Wayuu) heritage.
Ceramic plate in the Lido Pimienta: Love and Resistance showcase
Each ceramic piece is adorned with expressive faces meant to embody joy, defiance and pride in Black and Indigenous identity.
“Revolution is resistance, but it must also be beautiful,” Pimienta said in a statement. “I live in constant resistance fed with the love of humanity and that is truly beautiful to me … to not lose hope, to not allow the powers to kill one’s right to joy, pleasure, creativity and thirst to create.”
The exhibit honours the matriarchs and communities of Colombia’s Caribbean North Coast, where Pimienta grew up, incorporating bold colours, textured surfaces and traditional Wayuu textile motifs.
Lido Pimienta (Source: fr-nt.nl. Photo by David D Barajas)
Cassandra Getty, Museum London’s curator of art, said the exhibition fits with the gallery’s commitment to representation and inclusion.
“It’s important to reflect cultural diversity because museums and galleries reflect and are built by people in the community,” Getty said.
Pimienta, who attended H.B. Beal Secondary School and OCAD University, has earned international acclaim for her genre-bending music, including the Polaris Prize-winning La Papessa (2016), Grammy-nominated Miss Colombia (2020) and La Belleza (2025).
Getty says that her art “overflows with her vibrant personality and strong principles.”
Lido Pimienta: Love and Resistance runs until May 31, 2026, at Museum London’s entrance gallery.
