My practice encompasses ideas about gender roles and womanhood, crafting works and performances that comment on societal challenges my fellow African women face. I was born into a family of painters and textile designers, and my childhood was characterized by lessons in painting, batik, textile making and designing. Taking these lessons, I employ an imaginative approach in the creation of my own traditional motifs that make up the background of my subjects’ paintings.
Upcycling mopping wool fibers, I invite my viewers to explore the versatility of contemporary African women with my textured portraits.
I am a dynamic artist whose emotive portraits and abstract works encompass heritage, sustainability and the expansive nature of womanhood.
I am the 2025 New York winner of the International Art Prize of Winsor & Newton and Paul Smith’s Foundation Art Prize. I was the 2021-2022 fellow in the Nubuke Foundation’s Young Ghanaian Artists (YGA) in residence. I have participated in several exhibitions and fairs, including 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair, New York, Art X Lagos, Arco Lisboa, AKAA, Paris and Focus Art Fair, New York.