Alexis Peskine

Alexis Peskine has explored new ways of making that challenge his practice, in his recent artist residencies in Cameroon and Italy, he has worked with new materials and forms including clay and sliced tree trunks. Peskine focuses on questions of identity. His works address questions of the Black Experience and reference the Congolese wooden effigies/Power figures ‘Minkisi’. Nails, in both ancient and contemporary African cultures, are associated with objects of prodigious symbolic and spiritual power. The intricate nature of the Black Experience around the world is what drives Peskine to travel and constantly engage in artistic reflections. His work has been featured in many print publications, including books as well as the New York Times, Le Monde, O Correio da Bahia and Libération.