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She then decided to remortgage her home to start Naturally Tiwa Skincare.

“Using found wood to dictate new forms” remains a generative exercise, especially when preparing for shows with curator and gallerist Alex Tieghi-Walker of Tiwa Select, who organized “After the Storm” in L.A. in 2022, which showcased pieces made from salvageable debris in the wake of that year’s windstorm.

What Skelly will present with Tiwa Select later this year in New York City doesn’t have an “end client, so I can just do whatever I want,” he explains.

This year's longlist suggests African artists will continue to make headway in the UK, following the success of artists like Burna Boy, Asake, Rema, Tems, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage.

Topping the bill are Nigerian pop stars Asake and Tiwa Savage, the latter perhaps best known stateside for her work on the Beyoncé-helmed “The Lion King: The Gift” soundtrack, which helped the sounds of African pop music gain wider exposure in the West, building on the success of artists like Burna Boy, Wizkid and Davido.