Ludovic Nkoth is a New York-based artist. His work is heavily informed by life events which led him to move from his native home of Cameroon, West Africa, to the United States when he was thirteen. Leaving his birth-family and siblings, he found solace and comfort in the creative process while being raised primarily as “a stranger in a strange land”. It wasn’t until he migrated to the United States that he began to reconsider his own culture as a catalyst to locate his identity. Nkoth’s work presents a complex but highly personal investigation of Africa, his family history, and the cultures, traditions, and ideas of Africa and its diaspora pre-and post-colonialism. His paintings are approached with a type of naive brusqueness, an immediacy and boldness of color that suggests both a passion and sense of discovery. African symbols such as masks, patterns, and other symbols of identity and culture remain consistent throughout his practice.  “I want my art to be political. Being an artist is a political stand in itself.” Nkoth is an MFA candidate at Hunter College, and received a BFA from the University of South Carolina.