Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe's figuration is built upon a palette where colour becomes its own language of transformation, be it social, political or personal. His are images of empowerment and redemption, sophistication and humility, curiosity and quietude. Each figure becomes a symbol of the reclamation of cultural dignity, embracing the idea of origin and personal narrative as it relates to gender and race dynamics. Quaicoe attended the Ghanatta College of Art and Design for Fine Art in Accra, Ghana, with a focus on painting. His second solo show, ONE BUT TWO (Haadzii), opened Summer 2021 with a presentation of new works continuing his idiosyncratic perspective on Diasporic culture through the celebrated form of Black portraiture. This followed Black Like Me, the gallery’s inaugural presentation with the artist and his first solo gallery exhibition in the United States, which took place in January 2020.