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My art is the confluence of my views on life/living and my hunger to create in order to unscramble my mind.

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I am a multidisciplinary artist primarily practising String and Digital Art. My String art is multi-dimensional, as I utilise nails and thread to create intricate three-dimensional effects, bringing my works to life. My Digital Art comprises illustrations and surrealistic paintings. 

My practice explores the ‘within’ and the ‘around’. The ‘within’ for me is where I examine the internal—my subconscious, our inner voices—through themes of self-awareness, identity, and existentialism. On the other hand, the ‘around’ is where I explore my external reality—the intersectionality of being a young black woman; the joy, the beauty and the pain. I enjoy observing both the homogeneity and diversity of black cultures with a focus on women.

At the centre of my thematic explorations is my perception of human beings as vessels. My depictions of humans as colourful, patterned, glass-like figures, enable me to explore this concept of humans as vessels of the thoughts, memories and emotions that accompany our experiences.

While my paintings dissect my reality, my illustrations allow for a lighter, comedic spin on my thoughts, having personified my mind through the creation of my Original Character, ‘Mind’.

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I aim to encourage more honest conversations within oneself as well as to highlight the lived and shared experiences of Black women. 

My friends call me Nengus.

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