My practice is an excavation of the "Third Culture" identity—a lived experience suspended between the maternal Pedi and paternal Tswana lineages of Southern Africa and the Russian Slavic Orthodox and Tatar Muslim traditions of Eurasia. Through The Allegorical Archive, I translate this complex heritage into a visual language of portraiture and sculpture, seeking to give form to the syncretic nature of a multi-generational, transcontinental history.

To bridge the gap between ancestral narrative and the domestic sphere, the archive expands into a series of Reimagined Afro-Eurasian Artifacts. These are functional, tactile objects designed to be integrated into the rhythm of daily life. A primary example is a playable chess set based on the Last Solomonic Empire of Ethiopia. By casting historical figures and architecture in bronze—transforming the Rook into the monolithic Lalibela Church of Saint George, the King and Queen into Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw, and the Bishop into Patriarch Basilios—I transmute a static past into a dynamic, strategic encounter.

These artifacts function as a "living curriculum" for the next generation. They are not merely objects of display, but tools for play and pedagogy. Through the weight of the bronze African Lion (Knight) or the strategic movement of the Imperial Guard (Pawn), the complexities of Afro-Eurasian history are learned through touch and interaction. My work ultimately seeks to create a durable, haptic foundation for a future that honors the entirety of its origins, ensuring that the "Third Culture" is not just remembered, but inhabited.