Jesse Akele

Born 1995, UK

Lives and works in London, UK

Jesse Akele’s (b. 1995)  completed the MA Painting programme at the Royal College of Art in 2023. Her work is concerned with investigating the inner life of her subjects and how this is molded by experience. With subjects very much rooted in her world, Akele’s approach to painting them is a response to the qualities she has observed them radiate. She enjoys magnifying what can be perceived to be fleeting, sometimes small, moments and making them epic.

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