An Afro-Scandinavian woman who moved to New York during the pandemic and sort of fell in love with a much quieter New York. I came with a simple destination: create work that would one day be my legacy.

My real beginning came in 2023 when I finally got my studio and committed full-time to art. At first I focused in costume-making; it was a familiar ground, it felt safer - in retrospect perhaps a detour. But braiding hair into those costumes pushed me toward a deeper obsession that eventually broke open my painting practice.

By late 2024, with a loving shove from my mentor, Fabiola Jean-Louis, I dove fully into painting and altar making. Twelve months later, I’ve created twelve portraits, six altars, and a fourteen-foot cathedral sculpture. I’m writing this at the moment an artist realizes: I’ve made something museum-level.

It wasn’t easy. Last summer, just as I was pushing into more materials, I broke my right wrist—a freak accident, terrible timing, no money left, deadline rushing toward me. But discomfort, as always, carried me through.

My collection, Conversations with the Dead, portrays individuals lost to different oppressive forces. But the message isn’t about pointing fingers outward. It’s about confronting the ways we participate in harm through our addiction to convenience—fast fashion, cheap food, the easy way out.

Our ancestors are tired of our avoidance. Real joy and evolution require effort, inconvenience, and courage.

Comfort is the killer of growth. My work asks us to choose the harder, more human path.