Nikesha Breeze

New Editions

Richard Levy Editions is pleased to announce two limited editions by Nikesha Breeze. These editions were published in support of Nikesha Breeze, Living Histories for the 25th edition of the Biennale of Sydney.

Breeze’s iconic painting Isadora and Mary Noe Freeman (left) from the artist’s Archival Portraiture is released as an edition of 50 archival pigment prints on Maob lasal paper. The Archival Portraiture series transforms early unique photographic records into life-sized paintings that honor Black ancestors whose stories were overlooked in their time.

Nikesha Breeze (1979)
Isadora and Mary Noe Freeman, 2026, archival pigment print, 20 x 15.875 inches: image, 50.8 x 40.3 cm, 22 x 16.875 inches: paper, 55.9 x 42.9 cm, Edition of 50

A very special limited edition bronze mask (right) is offered as in an edition of 18.  The mask was cast from an artist proof created in Ghana and produced at Stratton Studios in Philadephia, PA. The original 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice were formed in clay over a 108-day vigil during which the artist created a mask each day. Tis artwork was later cast in West African bronze in Ghana, commissioned by and installed permanently at the Equal Justice Initiative’s Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama. 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice honors the six million lives lost in enslavement in the United States.

Nikesha Breeze (1979) Bronze Mask (from 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice), 2026, cast bronze, 7.625 x 4.75 x 3.375 inches, 19.4 x 12.1 x 8.6 cm, Edition of 18