Story & Lesson Highlights with Chantelle Eghan

Chantelle Eghan shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

Hi Chantelle, thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so thank you again for opening up with us. Let’s get into it: Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
My recent proudest moment was having my first international art exhibition in Barbados. It was a deeply meaningful milestone because it happened during history in the making. For the first time ever, a direct flight travelled from Ghana to Barbados, and I was part of the first group of people to experience that journey through the support of GUBA. Standing on that global stage as an artist from Ghana filled me with pride.

What made it even more special is that I exhibited alongside my 3-year-old son, Ace-Liam, who holds the Guinness World Record as the Youngest Artist in the World. It was our third exhibition together. Sharing that moment with him, watching him express himself confidently, and seeing the world receive his work with admiration reminded me that purpose and impact can start at any age.

It wasn’t just an exhibition. It was a celebration of art, culture, motherhood, and history. It showed me how far passion and consistency can take you, and it reinforced my mission to use art to inspire children and families around the world.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I am the founder of The Art Sphere Studio in Ghana and a multimedia and multidisciplinary visual artist. My work is deeply shaped by my lived experiences as a woman and a mother. Rooted in my journey as a single mother, my art has become both a medium of healing and a language through which I express stories that are often unheard or left unspoken.

I work across painting, installation, and sculpture, exploring themes of womanhood, motherhood, identity, memory, and resilience. I often incorporate unconventional materials such as papier-mâché, sound, light, mirrors, fabric, ropes, and synthetic hair; elements that I weave into my canvases, sculptures, and immersive installations to evoke layered emotional states and collective memory.

My ongoing body of work, What Becomes of the Storm, reimagines storms as metaphors for the emotional and psychological landscapes of motherhood, especially in moments of absence, loss, transition, and personal transformation. Through this work, I aim to transform private struggles into shared reflection, creating experiential spaces where vulnerability and strength can coexist. My hope is that viewers encounter not only the turbulence, but also the quiet power that comes with surviving, evolving, and reclaiming the self.

Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. Who taught you the most about work?
My greatest inspiration is my grandmother. She was a brilliant businesswoman, the wife of a diplomat, and a mother of five. She wore many hats with grace, resilience, and dignity, and she raised me from the age of three when my mother left. I remained under her care until she passed when I was twenty-five. Everything I am becoming today has roots in watching her and imitating her. From how she cooked to how she ran her businesses and managed her home, she embodied balance, strength, and ambition.

She was the first person who taught me the value of financial discipline. She always told me, “If you make money, learn how to save.” She believed in my potential long before I understood it myself. Her support was not only emotional, it was foundational. She gifted me a piece of land, the land on which I built The Art Sphere Studio. So everything I am creating now, everything I am working toward, stands on her legacy and love.

I carry her with me in my work and in the way I move through life. Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I remind myself of how effortlessly she juggled so much and still poured love into everyone around her. She is the blueprint for the woman, mother, and leader I aspire to be. Her name is Veronica Mends.

Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
At least once every three months, I reach that stage as an entrepreneur where I feel like giving up. What I have learned is that entrepreneurship is not only strategic, it is spiritual. Those seasons of frustration are not punishment, they are opportunities to learn. I call it the waiting period. It is the space where you are forced to pause, reflect, learn from your mistakes, and figure out the next step.

It is not a comfortable place to be, especially for someone like me who is used to constant motion. However, I have learned that the waiting period is necessary. It stretches you, sharpens you, and realigns you. When you stay positive, review your progress, pray, and reposition yourself mentally and emotionally, you come out stronger every single time. You come out a victor, one hundred percent of the time.

I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Is the public version of you the real you?
I believe strongly in authenticity. Because of that, I am intentional about the amount of personal information I share about myself. I share enough to build a meaningful and relatable social presence, but not so much that people feel overly familiar or comfortable. Familiarity can easily breed contempt, and people can assume they know you based only on what you choose to put out publicly, when in reality they do not. I learned this early, and I am grateful I did before it became too late.

Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
Absolutely. No matter how much I try to divert from being an artist, art always finds me. It is a constant in my life, guiding me, challenging me, and shaping who I am. Every project, every piece, every creative decision reminds me that this is my purpose. Even when I explore other things, I am always drawn back to art, and I know without a doubt that this is what I was born to do. Going to work in the morning doesn’t feel like a chore, it feels exciting everyday. It’s like a hobby I get paid for.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.artspherehq.com
• Instagram: Kuukuatheartist
• Linkedin: Chantelle Eghan
• Facebook: Chantelle Kuukua Eghan

Image Credits
Dennis Temituro