Deeply influenced by her research in the domains of psychology, literature and philosophy, Obegi uses portraiture as a tool to explore the human psyche. She experiments with the figure and is primarily drawn to the ways in which a face can express a story.

People have been her artistic focus out of a profound desire, rooted in the will to offer insightful multifaceted interpretations of an unseen world. Contrary to a static aesthetic, Obegi often fragments, transforms and mutates her subjects, and strives to provoke interrelation and vitality between individual works. Her works speak as a series, and it is by presenting them as such that she allows the works to have a dialogue with one another, opening them up to greater interpretation.

After living in Kyoto (Japan), where she was primarily working with Japanese woodblock carving and printing techniques mokuhanga, she is now based in London.

Obegi recently co-founded VAULT, an artist residency and exhibition space, and produced the Hobhouse Studios residency project. She believes in building strong, diverse and vibrant artistic communities and tearing down the glass walls between the artist and the public. By bringing studios to the front row and rendering visible how artists create their works, Obegi wants the public to witness not just art as a final product but as a process.