Works
Behind Enemy Lines (activation)
This work is an exploration of the relationship between language and power. Drawing inspiration from the works of James Baldwin, Benjamin...
Behind Enemy Lines
"To be born into the English language is to realize that the assumptions by which the language operates are your enemy"
Maa Regi
150cm x 145cm This piece is inspired by my Nupe ancestry and informed by an experience with a Fulani community in Ghana. Continuing my...
The Owl Whispers Julie No More
The Owl Whispers Julie No More 2m x 2.32m – MDF, acrylic, hemp rope, wood. This work continues my exploration of structural paintings and...
The Middle Pillar
6ft x 3ft - Acrylic on canvas. This piece explores the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of Roe v Wade and the disproportionate...
Wodu Saba
75cm x 75cm - Acrylic on canvas. Inspired by my Nupe ancestry and recent experiences with the Ghanian Fulani community, this painting is...
Mek Jah Laugh
2m x 3m, Acrylic on canvas This piece is inspired by my cousin, Ras Seymour Mclean, advocate for the return of priceless Ethiopian relics...
Ogbaru, Anambra State: 7 October 2022
61cm x 76cm - acrylic and vinyl on canvas
Harlem World
2m x 2.38m - Acrylic on canvas In tribute to my cousin Latwaan Griffiths and everyone else lost to the streets.
Lespwa Fè Viv (To hope is to live)
65cm x 76cm / 2022 / Acrylic and vinyl on canvas There is a Haitian proverb – Kouri lapli, tonbe larivyè – which translates as ‘Running in...
Rain Falls from the Sky
61cm x 76cm / 2022 / Acrylic and vinyl on canvas This painting speaks to the first part of the phrase ‘Running in the rain, falling in the...
When Rivers Run Dry
61cm x 76cm / 2021 / Acrylic and vinyl on canvas Painted in response to the shocking photos from Del Rio, Texas last September in which...
Green Grows the Rushes, O (Catch The Fire)
65cm x 81cm / 2021 / Acrylic and vinyl on canvas This piece draws inspiration from the Sonia Sanchez poem, ‘Catch the Fire’ written in...
Chauvin's Shadow
150cm x 130cm / 2020 / Acrylic and vinyl on canvas This piece was painted days after George Floyd’s murder and was inspired by Michelle...
Colourless Years of Wanderings
279cm x 190cm / 2020 / Acrylic and vinyl on canvas I painted this during the global Black Lives Matter demonstrations of the 2020 summer...
