I am a Mississauga-based artist and entrepreneur who draws, paints, and creates art using a variety of media, including digital, plastic canvas, beads, incorporating wood, and metal. I am an alumnus of the DMZ Toronto Black Innovation Program 2021, and I have served as a mentor at Founder Institute since 2019. Having been previously educated in classical European figurative painting, my latest works depart from realism-centric training and move towards a more personalized narrative – one that allows me the freedom to choose from a broader pool of aesthetic systems. I explore the sculptural possibilities of painting in my “Time Doors” series, where I invite viewers to physically manipulate certain parts of the work (for example, keys in keyholes). These pieces function as portals of my own life, inspired by the internal confusion plaguing the earlier stages of my artistic journey. The doors reveal an internal landscape, the many opportunities we confront at every moment and the interconnectedness of our choices. I pursue the representation of the interconnected multiplicity of human consciousness with my “Dcentralizm” art style. I create spontaneous drawings with ballpoint pens, to heal and transform my mind. I draw stylized human heads in a meditative posture. I bring out the forms using countless layers of ballpoint pen hatchings. Each line drawn connects me deeper with the moment. In addition, I am constantly researching ways to transform my drawings into sculptures. Underpinning all of my work is a desire to expose sensitivities connected with community and identity.