Na Chainkua Reindorf

Na Chainkua Reindorf (b. 1991, Accra, Ghana) is a multidisciplinary artist crafting a personal mythology through an alternate world of seven supernatural beings called “skins”. Drawing from West African folktales, Vodún religion and Greek mythology, these skins (allegorical entities embodying unencumbered self-expression) are brought to life through immersive installations, large scale paintings and mixed media tapestries. She uses paint, pastels, paper, textiles and ritual objects such as glass, raffia, beads and dyed threads to construct a visual lexicon that reimagines liberation through story telling.

Reindorf’s work invites audiences to navigate this world, where myth and lived experience intersect. By recontextualizing systemic issues like gender-based violence, objectification and shame, realities that that disproportionately affect women, her work challenges oppressive norms while envisioning liberatory futures.

Reindorf holds an MFA from Cornell University and has exhibited internationally across institutions in Africa, the Americas and Europe. In 2022, Reindorf was one of three artists representing Ghana at the Venice Biennale.