The artist, born in Ghana in 1986, belongs to an emerging generation whose creative potential shapes and enriches contemporary African art in a particular way.
With his installation „Butterfly I“, Okai explores the complex processes of transformation, identity and cultural memory. The butterfly serves here as a universal symbol of change: from a bound existence emerges a being that stands for movement, freedom and self-realization. This transformation, however, does not appear as an abrupt break, but as the result of a longer developmental process that requires patience, adaptability and inner strength.