Artist Statment

Imagery is Infinite Artkives™ is a visual research four years in the making preserving how Spirit is ever-present in the process of creation. Pushing the limits of documentary filmmaking and photography, anAka looks through a lens with a focus on healing.

Anaka is a master of immersing into new communities and finding the soft spots of creation where organic artistry is evoked by Higher Consciousness. She focuses on two specific ways Spirit is omniscient in art: first, how Spirit and ritual are an integral part of the creation process; and second, how colonization's oppressive system affects the Spiritual creativity and ability of oppressed artists of the diaspora.

All of her work is based on bringing community together in order to create a rare yet possible healing time and space.

For more, please read About Page.

Projects/Employment

Roller Skaters of Mombasa - Art Direction, Film & Photo - Commissioned by Getty Images & Supported by Art Noise Nigeria - Mombasa, Kenya 2018

August House Artist Profiles - Social Media Management, Film & Photo Direction - Johannesburg, South Africa 2018

East by OSHUN Official Music Video - Film Direction, Production & Edit - Nairobi, Kenya 2018

Kidd Hunta Official Look Book - Creative Direction, Photo & Video- Johannesburg, South Africa 2018

Anaka: a Film by Mahaneela - Dance - Johannesburg, South Africa 2018

Sun Xa Experiment - Film Direction - Mini Documentary filmed in Soweto, South Africa - 2018

Afrofuturistic Gangsterism by Nazlee Saif Official Music Video - Film Direction & Edit  - Cape Town, South Africa 2018

Afropresentism Getty Images Bursary Project - Photo - Nosy Be, Madagascar 2018

Afropunk Festival Recap - Photo - Johannesburg, South Africa 2018

ALLYUUGOT by Luca Williams Official Music Video - Art Direction, Film Direction, DOP & Edit - Cape Town, South Africa 2017

OPENISM Official Look Book - Art Direction & Photo - Philadelphia, PA 2017

Poor Git Da $$ by lojii & Swarvy  Official Music Video - Art Direction, Production, Film Direction & Edit - Los Angeles, CA 2017

Refinery 29, Black Girl Magik Denim Shoot - Film Direction & Photo - Columbia, SSC 2017

Due Rent by lojii Official Music Video - Film Direction,  Art Direction & Edit - Los Angeles, CA 2017

Cosmic Perspective by Mndsgn Official Music Video - Dance - Los Angeles, CA 2016

The Wake Up Call by Nazlee Arbee Official Music Video - Art Direction, Film Direction & Edit - Cape Town, South Africa 2016

Beats by Dre - Event Photography - Los Angeles, CA 2014-2016

Universal Music Group Alessia Cara Music Video- Photography - Los Angeles, CA 2015

For Free? by Kendrick Lamar Official Music Video - Photo - Los Angeles, CA 2015

Universal Music Group - Photo Intern - New York, NY 2015

Afropunk Festival Recap for VICE & Beats by Dre - Photo - New York, NY 2015

The Pressure by Jhene Aiko Official Music Video - Photo - Los Anglees, CA 2014

Feel That by Vic Mensa Official Music Video - Photo - Los Angeles, CA 2014

Shows/Exhibitions

Art Noise Nigeria Artist Residency mural at Karen Village Artist Center as a closure to a one month long residency Nairobi, Kenya - 2018

"August House Open Studio" Group exhibition curated by Olwethu De Vos, Johannesburg, South Africa - 2018

"Returning Home" one month group exhibition curated by Black Girl Magik, Junior High, Los Angeles CA - 2018

"Ode to She" Tony Gum Art Basel Miami Exhibition, Christopher Moller Gallery, 2017

"Imagery is Infinite Artkives" Solo Exbition, Knext Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2016

"Imagery is Infinite Artkives Pop Up" Solo Exhibition, The Nest Space, Cape Town, South Africa 2016

"The FAME Project: Exhibition 3 / Silient Zine Premiere" Solo Exhibition, Contact Photo Lab, Los Angeles 2016

"The FAME Project: Exhibition 2" Solo Exhibition, the Living Gallery, New York, NY - 2015

"The FAME Project: Exhibition 1" Solo Exhibition, the J3 Collective, Los Angeles, CA - 2015

Grants

Education