Six framed Nipadua bark-relief portraits installed outdoors, leaning together in a row

Nana Ananse
Nipa Dua

The Framed Series · 2025

Nipa Dua, Framed

The Nipadua portraits, formally framed and installed as a single standing series — bark, denim and reclaimed cloth built into the faces of history and of the artist's own community.

The Work

Nipadua series — Marcus Garvey portrait — “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”
Mixed media — plastic bottles, jeans, wood, papers, on cacao sacks · 1.219m × 1.829m

Nipadua series — African American portrait — “Every time I saw a white man, I was afraid of being carried away.”
Mixed media — plastic bottles, jeans, wood, papers, on cacao sacks · 1.219m × 1.829m

Nipadua series — self-portrait — Self-Portrait
Mixed media — plastic bottles, jeans, wood, papers, on cacao sacks · 1.219m × 1.829m

Walker

Prayer

Potman