Dakarai Akil 

Dakarai Akil is a Los Angeles-based collage artist, designer, painter, and editorial illustrator originally from Cleveland, OH. Creating a signature style with his collage work, Dakarai uses each piece as a small window into the worlds of black surrealism & Afrofuturism. Each piece tells its own story that is entirely up to the viewer to create based on their own observations. When creating these collages Dakarai focuses on color, shape, and composition to tell a story or to give the viewer a unique feeling. He has published numerous fine art books presenting collections of his work. Over the past 10 years, he has had work published in publications such as The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Reader's Digest, and several more.