Collection:
Gusikendre Seyon Collection
GUSIKENDE SEYON is a Ghana-based visual artist whose work delves into the profound depths of human emotion, resilience, and the quiet narratives of the African experience. Having begun his artistic journey at a young age, Seyon has developed a distinctive visual language characterized by textured, earthy tones and a signature motif of stitches and visible patches.
His work is a powerful meditation on endurance. The scars and rough surfaces in his paintings represent the collective and individual pains borne through life's trials, from global discrimination to personal struggles. The stitches, however, are his central metaphor for hope, motivation, and the support of community; they are the vital forces that hold us together, preventing total breakdown and allowing us to thrive amidst adversity.