ICARUS

Montresso Art Foundation, Marrakech

2026

Icarus reimagines the classic mythology through an Afrosurreal lens, transforming a narrative of failure into one of expansion and becoming.

Rather than cautioning against overreach, the work considers ascent as an act of defiance—an insistence on moving beyond imposed limitations. Figures traverse states of elevation and descent, navigating a cosmology where falling is not collapse, but transition.

Drawing from diasporic symbolic systems such as the Congo dikenga, the work positions transcendence as both aspiration and inheritance. In this reconfiguration, flight becomes a method of self-determination, and one that embraces risk as a necessary condition of growth. Icarus ultimately proposes that the act of daring, even in the face of uncertainty, is itself a form of liberation.

  • No Ceilings

    2024.

    Acrylic on canvas
    96×48 in

  • Headwinds

    2024.

    Acrylic on canvas
    96×48 in

  • Top Notch

    2025.

    Acrylic on canvas
    96×48 in

  • Up You Mighty

    2025.

    Acrylic on canvas
    96×48 in

  • Untitled

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic and stardust on Arches paper
    30×22 in

  • Whether the Storm

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic, gold leaf and star duston Arches paper
    30×22 in

  • Bottoms Up

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic, and star dust on Arches paper
    30×22 in

  • Leap of Faith

    2025.

    Acrylic on canvas
    48×48 in

  • Song of Solomon

    2026.

    Acrylic on canvas
    72×72 in

  • Cloudy with a Chance (triptych)

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic, and diamond dust on Arches paper
    30×22 in (each panel)

  • Black Boy Fly

    2025.

    Acrylic and cowrie shells on canvas
    36×36 in

  • Bubble Goose

    2026.

    Acrylic on canvas
    72×72 in

  • Somewhere Up There

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic, and gold leaf on Arches paper
    30×22 in

  • Somewhere Up There II

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic, and gold leaf on Arches paper.
    30×22in

  • Somewhere up There III

    2024.

    Graphite, acrylic, and gold leaf on Arches paper
    30×22 in

  • Dream Catcher (Installation)

    2026.

    Goose feathers, Jordans, cotton string, Cast Resin Minkisi, Gold-Plated Adinkra Charms, Mirror
    Dims variable.

  • Hope Floats

    2026.

    Resin, gold-plated steel, marble
    (Ed of 4)
    54×24×16 in