Cato Ink’s paintings offer an experimental vision of Black British life
Inspired by everyday scenes from his south London stomping grounds, Cato Ink’s collaged paintings have an ‘uncle quality’

This story is taken from the spring 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally now. Order a copy of the magazine here.
Many of the people in Cato Ink’s paintings have what the artist describes as an “uncle quality". “I grew up listening to my dad and uncles bantering and telling stories,” he says. “That's how I learned what it meant to be a man in the world.” Ink tries to recapturehellip;
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