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Coming from a family that has roots in Haiti’s modern history and popular culture, Tessa Mars’s work pushes back against the way her country’s history has traditionally been represented in art. Her family’s history, and what Mars calls “the riddle of identity”, are the dominating themes in the portrait series Those I Know, Those I Don’t Know – Sa M Konnen, Sa M Pa Konnen (2018-2019) – conceived to honor her ancestry and in particular the legacy of her grandmother.