Sovereign

(2024-2025)

Sovereign reinterprets 16 sculptures of ancient Kemetic deities cast from the bodies of contemporary Black queer men. These images serve to enliven and animate the sculptures by elevating them to dimensions of cosmic authority and divinity. In doing so, ancient African mythologies come to life in the contemporary and connects Blackness to power, beauty, technology, and spirituality.

Kemetic Deities Represented: Ra, Ptah, Nu, Geb, Sobek, Maahus, Hapi, Apuat, Khepera, Miau, Khonsu, Serq, Tehuti-Maa, Hapi, Uatcha, Amun

Statue Models: Mikael, Marques, Elon, Robert, Michael Curry, Jerry, Antonio L., Weslee, Waverly, Shederick, Hasani, Emeka, Anthony, Marcus Gilmore, Emerald, Marsalis

This project is in collaboration with Rainbow Serpent and their Myth-Science of the Gate Keepers project.