Ines Okafor

Ines Okafor paints as an act of memory. Working from a courtyard studio in Lagos, she layers pigment, gold leaf, and salvaged textile to render the interior lives of women in her family. Her canvases are ceremonies — they insist that ordinary Black women are historical subjects, not backdrops.

Her practice is slow, devotional, and unmistakably her own. The Art Fund supports Ines with a ten-year stewardship grant and a permanent-collection guarantee for her Roots cycle.