Alexis Peskine explores identity and healing through nail portraits

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Alexis Peskine builds portraits from nails and gold leaf, drawing on Afro-Brazilian heritage, family craftsmanship and African spiritual references. Speaking to Global Voices, the Paris-born artist explains how a technique developed during his studies became a way to explore the African diaspora. The interview also follows his shift towards healing and nature in Forest Figures, the body of work shown at London’s October Gallery in 2024.

An original AFROSCOPE Daily summary of The art of destruction and creation: Exploring identity and spirituality in the work of Alexis Peskine, originally published by Global Voices and written by Omid Memarian. This adaptation condenses and rephrases the source; the full article remains at Global Voices. Source text is available under CC BY 3.0, subject to the publisher’s attribution policy. Third-party photographs are excluded from that text licence. AFROSCOPE Daily has not independently reported this story.