In 2022, I relocated to the United States to study for an MFA in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, where I was awarded the Presidential Fellowship. During my graduate studies, I developed an original visual concept called “inverted blackness.” It featured luminous paintings of Black/African migrants rendered in negative, like a photographic negative, where skin tones shift into radiant shades of blue and cerulean, while the lightest areas appear darkest. This technique serves as a metaphor for the changing identity of the Black/African migrant and the pervasive negative biases Black people encounter in America. I graduated from RISD with honors in 2024, and in the same year presented my third career solo exhibition at AFIKARIS Gallery in Paris, accompanied by the publication of my first artist book, Inverted Blackness.

My practice centers on the Black/African diasporic experience in the United States. My vision is to elevate and insert this experience into the canon of art history. In addition to my painting practice, I work as a photographer at the Rhode Island branch of Winners Chapel International, a global African church with branches in 49 U.S. states and over 5,000 worldwide. I also volunteer with the African Alliance of Rhode Island (AARI), a nonprofit empowering African and Caribbean communities through food security, cultural preservation, and development initiatives. These spaces function as vital cultural hubs for Black/African migrants in Providence. Through these roles, I have been welcomed into the intimate lives of my subjects, gaining access to photograph them at personal parties, celebrations, and community events.

My photography focuses on cultural preservation, archiving, and documentation. My clients are primarily members of the Black/African/Caribbean diasporic communities—individuals I encounter in daily life. Some of these event photographs are repurposed as source material for my paintings. I digitally process and invert them in Photoshop before transferring them to canvas, where I then layer oil and acrylic in mixed-media works. In 2025, I launched a Substack photoblog called Inverted Blackness, featuring portraits of Black/African migrants alongside their personal stories, narrated in their own words. This ongoing digital and sociological project extends the themes of my painting series, building a living archive that amplifies diverse voices, fosters understanding, and highlights the resilience, complexity, and richness of Black migrant lives while challenging dominant narratives in contemporary art.