About Us

Akinsanya and his wife, Susan Tama-sha Ross Kambon, co-founded Pan African Art, Inc. in 1995, a nonprofit organization serving youth that promoted academic achievement, an understanding of history, leadership skills, and self-expression through art. In 2003, they founded the Gallery Kambon and, in 2019, they established the Pan African Art Gallery in Long Beach, CA.”

Born Mark Teemer, Akinsanya Kambon is an American artist and an advocate for art and education. He worked as a professor at the California State University, Long Beach, for twenty-six years. 

His work covers many mediums, such as drawings, paintings, bronze sculptures, and ceramics. He is also known for serving as Lieutenant of Culture for the Sacramento Chapter of the Black Panther Party, and especially for creating "The Black Panther Coloring Book " in 1968 designed to draw attention to racial inequality and social injustice. He is particularly known today for the challenging techniques he uses for his work in ceramic sculpture and his life long push towards fighting against oppression for all people expressing it through his work.