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Artistic Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Berlin, working primarily in painting and photography, and additionally in poetry. I have lived, worked and studied in Baden-Baden, Berlin, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kigali. I am best known for emotionally driven mixed-media paintings and photographic work that examines public space. My practice encompasses semi-abstract, and abstract painting, alongside digital photography developed through a consciously reduced technical setup that emphasizes immediacy and attentiveness to lived environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work is characterized by an exploration of emotional states and the existential ambiguities between the inner and outer world. Painting functions as a therapeutic and reflective process through which personal emotions, trauma, and lived experiences are translated into visual form, with a recurring interest in disintegration, fragility, and repair. I frequently employ mixed media\u2014including oil pastels, acrylics, charcoal, watercolors, recycled posters, yarn, graffiti markers, and spray paint\u2014often applied to fragile surfaces such as paper and cardboard that are cut, stitched, and reassembled. In my photographic practice, I investigate public space, social distance, and the visibility or suppression of public discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have presented my work in solo and group contexts, including my first solo exhibition in 2025 at Caf\u00e9 Lulo in Berlin-Neuk\u00f6lln. I have participated in artistic exchanges and workshops in Berlin as well as in Dar es Salaam. My works are held in private collections, and I continue to develop an interdisciplinary practice that integrates painting, photography and writing as interconnected forms of emotional and artistic research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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International Curatorial Program
Node Center for Curatorial Studies
2025\u2013ongoing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. phil. African Studies
Humboldt University of Berlin
2021\u2013ongoing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A. African Studies
Humboldt University of Berlin
2016\u20132020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A. African Studies
Humboldt University of Berlin
2012\u20132016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Solo Exhibitions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Disintegration
Caf\u00e9 Lulo Berlin
2025\u20132026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Group Exhibitions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Last Image Show
Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Lusaka
curated by Gadi Ramadhani & Emergent Art Space
2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Image Show
Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Dar es Salaam
curated by Gadi Ramadhani & Emergent Art Space
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junge Welt “Blende 2014”
jW shop gallery Berlin
exhibition as part of a photo competition
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Curatorial Projects \/ Artist Talks<\/p>\n\n\n\n