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The Large Collectors

This ballpoint pen portrait on collaged texts from Art In England (1938) emulates the composition of Paul Cezanne’s ‘The Large Bathers’,...

A British Artist

Inspired by RB Kitaj’s portrait of prolific British art collector, Colin St John Wilson and his family, this self portrait was created as...

A British Hall of Fame

This artwork was created during my 6 month residency (December 2022 - May 2023) at Watts Gallery. The project was a research &...

Forbes 30 under 30

I’m immensely proud to be an Honouree on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list! Even being nominated was a surprise but to have been selected to be...

Black British Art and Artists

We assume that the art shown in galleries or museums tells us a complete narrative of a specific moment in time, we know this to be a...

Residency at Watts GAllery

My work looks to investigate notions of what it means to be quintessentially British by contrasting our preconceived notions of...

UAL:Decolonising Arts Institute 20/20 Residency

I’m very pleased to share that I am 1 of the 8 artists selected as part of the first cohort of UAL’s Decolonising Arts Institute 20/20...

Mammy Yoko

Mammy Yoko (1849–1906), or Madam Yoko was a pioneering figure of Sierra Leonean history. She was the leader of the Mende tribe and vastly...

The Salone Dichotomy (diptych)

‘Salone’ is a colloquial term for Sierra Leone. This diptych looks to celebrate the somewhat obscure great pioneering tribal leaders of...

John Archer

In 1913 John Archer (1863–1932) became the first black mayor of London with his election as mayor of Battersea. He was a Pan-Africanist,...