Cultural heritage and African mosaic art

Mosaic is one of the oldest ways to put a culture into an image, and our digital version keeps that link. This page gathers the African Bricks series, the royal mosaics made for Bahrain, the Bulgari Mediterranea mosaic, a book cover for George Zarkadakis and editorial work for South African and Black-history publications.

• African Bricks 2: Mosaic Portraits

  African Bricks 2: mosaic portraits of eight Black women, poet Amanda Gorman and a Keznamdi album, inspired by Soweto matchbox houses.

• African Bricks 3: Mosaic Tribute to African Women

  African Bricks 3: mosaics celebrating African women, built from vibrant bricks inspired by Soweto matchbox houses, symbols of resilience.

• The African Bricks Mosaic

  African Bricks 4: Dreams. Mosaics inspired by African textiles, Kente, Bogolanfini and Shweshwe, and the identity and resilience woven into them.

• African Bricks Artworks for Restaurant

  African Bricks for an African restaurant in Athens: a mosaic series inspired by Soweto matchbox houses, printed on wood in eight colors.

• Royal Mosaic Portraits for the Kingdom of Bahrain

  Computational mosaic portraits of the King, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Bahrain, each made of hundreds of hand-finished tiles.

• Bahrain Royal Digital Mosaics: King Hamad Portrait

  Royal digital mosaics from Bahrain: the King’s portrait, an Arabian horse, a falcon and an antelope, with hand-cut tiles, metal details and gold leaf.

• Bulgari Mediterranea Mosaic Artwork

  Bulgari Mediterranea high jewelry: a mosaic joining Mediterranean traditions, from Venetian murrine and Byzantine geometry to Roman ornament.

• PRECIOUS: Gemstone Mosaic Portraits of Female Icons

  Gemstone mosaic portraits of Beyoncé, Rihanna, Selena Gomez and other iconic women, each built from tens of different precious gems.

• George Zarkadakis Book Cover Mosaic Portrait

  Book cover for George Zarkadakis, A Mosaicked Memory of the Past: a digital mosaic portrait on cultural heritage.

• Litigation Journal Cover: Experience Black

  Litigation Journal’s Experience Black cover, Summer 2022: a mosaic portrait of a Black lawyer built from social justice imagery.

• African Luxury Logos Mosaic, Arise Magazine

  An African girl as a mosaic of luxury brand logos for Arise magazine, South Africa, on the new wave of consumerism on the African continent.

• South Africa 2010 African Patterns Mosaics

  South Africa 2010: a personal experiment mixing African patterns, Kente and Adinkra, with modern football subculture in mosaics.