I Got This, 2026Glass & Mixed Media 48"X24" I Got This. Sometimes strength looks effortless from the outside. What people don't see is the weight we carry, the battles we fight, and the moments we quietly question whether we can hold it all together. I Got This explores the space between confidence and vulnerability. The world may be heavy, and even a little broken, but still, she carries it with...

Pieces of HerBroken Glass & Mixed Media 24"X30" Pieces of Her is a self-portrait that explores fragmentation, identity, and the complicated relationship between what is lost and what remains. Portions of the artist's face disappear within a field of broken glass, blurring the boundary between portrait and fracture. The missing features create an absence within the image, suggesting the parts of ourselves that can become obscured, altered, or seemingly lost...

The Veil Original PainingCrushed Glass on Birch 48" X 36" Inspired by the biblical account of Rebekah veiling herself upon first seeing Isaac, The Veil considers beauty, dignity, respect, and self-possession. The veil—the work's only element rendered in crushed glass—simultaneously conceals and reflects. Through this tension, Agoussoye reframes concealment as an act of agency: the choice to determine what is revealed and what remains sacred.

Processing… Oil on Canvas 48"X36" Processing… is a self-portrait that captures the beginning of trying to make sense of life, love, and self. Agoussoye considers the private space between experiencing an emotion and understanding what it is asking of us. Folded inward, the figure does not offer resolution; instead, she occupies the uncertainty of a moment in which the questions are only beginning to emerge. She is figuring out life....

No Ordinary Love Original Paining Oil on Canvas 48" X 36" A self-portrait in deep black and white, Love Me More explores what it means to hold yourself while questioning if others can love you without requiring you to shrink. The figure wraps herself in her own arms, not out of loneliness, but as a quiet act of self-preservation. This piece continues a conversation about strength, softness, and the layered...

No Ordinary Love Original PainingAcrylic and Glass Canvas 48" X 36" A self-portrait layered with diamond dust, No Ordinary Love explores the quiet tension between strength and unraveling. Inspired by Sade’s song of the same name, the figure’s pose draws from the emotional language of a love that is consuming, vulnerable, and difficult to contain. Her face remains composed, while her eyes suggest something more unsettled beneath the surface—a negotiation...

When I C U Crushed Glass & Mixed Media 48"X36" When I C U came from loving someone deeply while not fully knowing what that love was—or whether it was being returned in the same way. Inspired by Fantasia's When I See U, the piece holds that complicated space between love, longing, vulnerability, and uncertainty. Sometimes seeing someone clearly doesn't mean you know where you stand with them.

Essence Original Paining (2022)Framed Acrylic and Glass on Birch 48" X 36" Essence examines the complexity of Black womanhood and the limitations of defining it through a singular idea of strength. Rather than presenting identity as fixed, Agoussoye considers essence as something layered and evolving—formed through love, vulnerability, resilience, protection, creation, memory, and lived experience. Words surrounding the figure evoke qualities often associated with Black women, while her closed eyes...

"Akilah the Beauty" Original PaintingGlass, and Mix Media on Stretch Canvas 36"x 24" Akilah the Beauty is a portrait of Agoussoye's friend that considers beauty, identity, and perception through color and fragmentation. Her name, Akilah—often translated as “wise” or “intelligent”—introduces another dimension to the portrait, positioning beauty not simply as something visual, but as one aspect of a fuller and more complex identity. Agoussoye renders the figure through a warm...

"Becoming, Still" 2025 Broken Glass & Mix Media 40"x 30" Becoming, Still is about the quiet, ongoing work of becoming yourself. The butterfly symbolizes transformation and a changing perspective—a reminder that growth doesn't erase what came before; it changes how we see and carry it. We can be unfinished, changing, and still worthy of being seen.

I Am ____., 2026Mixed Media & Broken Mirror on Canvas, 14” x 18” Who are you when you look at yourself? And who are you becoming?Created from fragments of broken mirrors, these works invite you to become both the subject and the storyteller. There is no predetermined image, no perfect reflection, and no single answer. What you see depends entirely on who is standing before the work.I Am ______. asks...