Suleyman Wellings - Longmore United Kingdom, b. 1991

Suleyman Wellings-Longmore combines figurative art with geometric and illusory abstraction to celebrate the multifaceted Black experience and investigate human

rights issues. His artistic approach involves concealing figures, objects, and text within

optical illusions, employing masking tape stencils to craft distortion and depth. Wellings-
Longmore's creative process begins with a digital design and gradually unfolds through

meticulous layering. His objective is to bypass the viewer's neurological processing,
compelling them to confront the art in its visual complexity. As a British visual artist of
Nigerian-Jamaican descent, his works often serve as explorations of migration and identity

and trace personal journeys of self-reflection.

Trained as a human rights lawyer, Wellings- Longmore received a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, and he is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in painting at the Royal College of Art. Wellings-Longmore lives and works in London.