Charity Derby Akeiti is a multidisciplinary artist of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent whose practice centres on painting and textile work. She is best known for her surreal, pupil-less figures painted on bleached fabric—a technique she developed during the COVID-19 lockdown when access to traditional materials was limited.Existing in quiet, dreamlike spaces, her figures explore the tension between desire and reality. By removing pupils, Akeiti resists fixed identity and emotion, allowing viewers to project their own interpretations onto the work. Themes of intimacy, vulnerability and inner worlds run throughout her practice, expressed through soft forms, restrained colour palettes and considered negative space.