David Akolo, The Face I Become, 2026

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David Akolo,
The Face I Become, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
20 × 16 × 1 in | 50.8 × 40.6 … Read more David Akolo,
The Face I Become, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
20 × 16 × 1 in | 50.8 × 40.6 × 2.5 cm
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This piece explores the many versions of ourselves that exist simultaneously.As individuals, we move through life adopting different faces, shaped by expectation, survival, desire, belonging, and the roles we inhabit each day. Some are consciously chosen, some inherited, and others emerge so gradually that we scarcely notice when they begin to feel authentic.This piece examines the subtle intersection of identity and performance. Multiple faces inhabit a single form, not as a source of conflict, but as an expression of coexistence, a reflection of the idea that identity is rarely singular or fixed.Over time, the faces we present to the world begin to shape us in return. What begins as adaptation can gradually become identity.

THE FACE I BECOME poses a simple yet enduring question: after all the roles we assume and all the versions of ourselves we carry, which face remains, and which one ultimately becomes us? See less