I am an Artist and a mother, and I take both professions seriously, anything else I do is a bonus.
Naan Pocen is a multidisciplinary artist whose work lives at the intersection of memory, ritual, and style. Her creative language bends across beadwork, wearable art, sculptural mixed media, and story-rich digital creations—each piece shaped by a devotion to craft that feels almost ceremonial. She draws from the textures of tradition, remixing them with modern sensibilities to create work that feels both archival and futuristic, as though it’s been waiting for us for centuries
Her world, Naanmade, is built on a simple truth: art is not an accessory—it is identity in motion. The pieces she creates carry the pulse of lived experience: bead-embroidered collars that read like armor, sculptural canvases layered with bones and seeds, wearable objects that hum with personal mythology. Every creation is an invitation to inhabit oneself more fully, to treat style as a language of becoming.
Naan’s practice extends beyond the studio and into the communal heart of creativity. She teaches, writes, and curates spaces where artistry becomes a form of self-return, a way to rethread personal history into something radiant. Her work invites people to slow down, to listen inward, to recognize the sacred in their own hands. Through Naanmade, she offers not just art, but a gentle call: live your life as your most honest masterpiece.
ARTIST. GRIOT. ACTIVIST 