Born and raised in Ghana and known for his bold, graphic portraits of Black people portrayed as royalty. His subjects reign over canvases shaped like large-scale stamps, postcards, and perforated notebook pages.

Egyir experienced a meteoric rise in the art world after receiving his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, garnering interest from collectors; singer Beyoncé included a print of the artist’s work in her 2020 visual album Black Is King.

Egyir had his first solo museum exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit in 2020, where portraits on view embodied the artist’s visions of the self-liberated citizens of a better, imagined world.

Another solo show followed in 2021 at the Institute of Contemporary Art San José.

Egyir’s materials include oil, acrylic, glitter, plexiglass, wood, and found fabric.