Artist's Statement:

I was born in London, United Kingdom to an English mother and Ghanaian father. Surrounded by my European/British culture with exposure to my rich African heritage. Through my mum, the seemingly calmer and quieter British way, very English, loving and characteristically witty. Through my dad, the warm, bright, loud, vibrant colours of Ghana filter through; with the people equally so.

My art is a reflection of my two worlds merging and an understanding of my own European-African identity. My English-Ghanaian worlds with differing cultures. I'm a story of where our worlds differ, merge and collide.

Being mixed race and growing up in London surrounded by different people and backgrounds, travel — and living in New York and now Boston, USA — has paved the way for my obsession with faces of all kinds. In a cosmopolitan and internationally diverse city, one can see how mixing two seemingly different faces can produce someone quite unique, intriguing and beautiful.

I make bold, face-inspired art, hand-drawn on my iPad and printed as premium giclée prints. My process is intuitive, almost sculptural. I begin with blocks of colour and carve away until a face emerges. I never plan the face in advance. They emerge from absorbed experience, from a life lived among many different kinds of people.

Across my collections, I explore the same enduring themes: identity, connection, and the space between self and other.

— Cerina B