Ludovic Nkoth

Ludovic Nkoth

BornNationalityBased In
1994CameroonianNew York City
Biography

Ludovic Nkoth's artistic creations capture the essence of the Black experience with an unparalleled emotional depth that resonates with the diasporic life and the rich history of his heritage. Nkoth’s practice is characterized by a distinctively swirling brush, his use of a layered, vivid palette, and his iconography of figures drawn from both fantasy and memory. Each canvas starts with a wash of pigment that flows in swaths of vivid color, over which Nkoth defines the subject’s posture and features, allowing the initial sprawl to shine through as an inner iridescence. Constructed of fluid, twisting contours, Nkoth’s figures often look captured in the process of formation, reached for as one reaches for a half-collapsed memory or a dream upon waking. ...

Selected Artworks
High Notes
Ludovic Nkoth
High Notes, 2023
200 x 150cm
Views from within
Ludovic Nkoth
Views from within, 2023
61 x 46cm
System (Yellow) II
Ludovic Nkoth
System (Yellow) II, 2023
152 x 244cm
A meditation upon the nothing
Ludovic Nkoth
A meditation upon the nothing, 2023
162 x 130cm
Primary
Ludovic Nkoth
Primary, 2023
152 x 122cm
Soliloquy
Ludovic Nkoth
Soliloquy, 2023
73 x 100cm
Echoing
Ludovic Nkoth
Echoing, 2023
73 x 100cm
Bearing the impossible
Ludovic Nkoth
Bearing the impossible, 2023
73 x 100cm
Time is the duration of a thought
Ludovic Nkoth
Time is the duration of a thought, 2023
99.5 x 80.5cm
The shape of light
Ludovic Nkoth
The shape of light, 2023
46 x 38cm
What is a window if not the air framed by right angles?
Ludovic Nkoth
What is a window if not the air framed by right angles?, 2023
200 x 150cm
How to surprise a mirror?
Ludovic Nkoth
How to surprise a mirror?, 2023
162 x 97cm
Yesterday
Ludovic Nkoth
Yesterday, 2023
51 x 36cm
White floors
Ludovic Nkoth
White floors, 2023
51 x 36cm
A closer look
Ludovic Nkoth
A closer look, 2023
15 x 21cm
Shadow of a Mirror
Ludovic Nkoth
Shadow of a Mirror, 2024
132 x 152.5cm
Gallery Representation
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