Discovery of Self

Name: Discovery of Self
Brand: Raknida
Price: 450.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Anthony Ezeokoye

Illustration of a tiny figure casting a long shadow on a bright yellow winding road through an orange canyon, with angular rocks and a white sun in a grey-blue sky.

$450.00 – $1,050.00

A single figure on a winding yellow road, casting a long shadow: Anth Ezeokoye's reminder to be patient and stay true to your own path.

Discovery of Self is a Limited Edition: 5 museum-quality art prints in each size, final and never rerun. Each is numbered in its white border, with a Certificate signed by our curator or founder. Every artwork comes with its Cultural Passport.

What you receive

Every Limited Edition comes with its story and its signed certificate.

How it works →

Cultural
Passport

Discovery of Self
by Anthony Ezeokoye
Igbo · Ed. of 5
Ltd. Ed.+ Signed COA
Cultural Passport
Digital, emailed when your order ships: the work's story, the tradition it draws on and how it was made. 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm), ready to print and frame beside the work.
Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Signed by our curator or founder, numbered to match your artwork, and mailed separately within 7 working days of your artwork shipping.

In an ever-changing world, everyone seems impatient for the destination. Discovery of Self takes a step back. Find the traveller: one small figure on a yellow road that winds through a canyon toward the horizon, so small you could miss them. Behind them, a long shadow, the kind that only appears when the sun is low and the day has been going a while.

That shadow carries the message. It tells the part of the story people often ignore: how far they have already come. Anth Ezeokoye drew the road as a path unique to the person walking it. He made the work in day and night versions that can hang as a pair. Be patient, it says. Stay true to your path. You are almost there.

Motifs in this work

The small figure: one person on a path that is theirs alone

The winding road: progress that rarely runs straight

Long shadow: the distance already travelled, easy to ignore

Edition: Edition of 5 in each size · 15 across all sizes. Final — never rerun.
Numbering: Number, title and artist printed in the white border.
Printing: Museum-quality giclée with archival pigment inks on museum-grade cotton fine art paper.
Includes: Your numbered artwork, its Cultural Passport and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by our curator or founder, numbered to match your artwork. Your signed Certificate of Authenticity is mailed separately, within 7 working days of your artwork shipping.

Size	Sheet	Image	Museum-Quality Print only	Framed	Available
M	16 × 24 in	14 × 21 in	$450	+$119	5
L	24 × 36 in	22 × 33 in	$850	+$179	5
XL	32 × 48 in	30 × 45 in	$1,050	+$249	5

The artist

Anthony Ezeokoye

Igbo · Missouri, USA · Origin: Nigeria · 19 works on Raknida

Anthony “Anth” Ezeokoye (b. 1989) is an international award-winning digital artist, trained architect, creative director, and creative technologist. His practice sits where cultural storytelling meets emerging media. A Nigerian based in St. Louis, with professional roots across Africa’s creative industries, Anth builds visual worlds across illustration, motion, extended reality, and artificial intelligence. He treats technology not as a novelty but as a tool for authorship, access, and cultural continuity.

Across series, collections, and commissions, Anth’s work explores how heritage, identity, and narratives are constructed. He often uses contemporary African visual language to question what we inherit, how we perform, and who we choose to become.

In the A Queen & More collection, he explores the many dimensions of womanhood through 12 character archetypes in a bold, contemporary palette. Layered elements honor choice, complexity, and self-definition. In the Mask Off collection, he positions African heritage as both inheritance and future legacy. Illustration, 3D digital production, and looping animation ask what remains when performative “masks” fall away, and how cultural values can be re-authored today. His calligraphic portrait series, The Autograph, fuses typography, symbolism, and precise craftsmanship, constructing faces from names, dates, quotes, and lived histories.

Anth’s wider career extends into building creative infrastructure. He is the founder of Raknida, an art-tech platform that widens access to cultural stories by underrepresented artists. Its growing suite of products and experiences spans discovery, collection, and display. He has presented and directed creative projects across cultural, art, and design festivals and public-facing contexts. His creative direction runs through two businesses: Insecta Studios, a creative services company in Lagos, Nigeria, and Raknida Inc. in St. Louis. Recognition includes Arch Grants, SOVAS Voice Arts Awards, One Voice Awards USA, and a Future Awards Africa nomination in Arts and Culture.