Naledi Studio
Naledi Studio is a creative practice exploring art, storytelling, and collective visibility through community-led making.
Founded by South African-born artist and creative practitioner Carike West, the studio brings together drawing, installation, participatory art and creative facilitation to explore themes of belonging, identity, and the stories that shapes communities.
Working across visual art and socially engaged practice, Naledi Studio develops project that invite people to contribute their voices, marks , and experiences into shared creative works, through movement, art/mark making, reflection, story telling and installations. Through workshops, collaborative processes, and sensory-based creative methods, the studio aims to create spaces where people feel seen, heard ad represented.
The work often explores ideas of visibility, care, resilience, and collective presence, drawing inspiration from nature, personal narrative, and the hidden emotional landscape people carry.
Rooted in inclusive and accessible practice, Naledi Studio is particularly interested in working with communities whose voices are often overlooked - including neurodivergent people, parents and carers, and working class communities.
Projects range from participatory art session and exhibition to collaborative installations that translate lived experience into visual form.
At its heart, Naledi Studio believes that creativity can make the invisible visible, and that art can help communities recognise their shared strength and humanity.