'Nkame' at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art a mesmerizing journey through Belkis Ayón's dramatic iconography Register-Guard Cuban printmaker Belkis Ayón was a woman whose work broke down an all-male secret society, an atheist whose art defined a religious tradition’s iconography. And Ayón was at the height of her artistic prowess when she took her own life for reasons unknown. “Nkame: A Retrospective Of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón,” now up at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, reveals not a singular body of black-and-white contradiction, though. Instead, its life-sized visions enfold viewers in infinite gray shades that define a universal mythic dimension.