Kudai (Reclaim) Series
Brunswick Street Gallery
Small Art Works 2023
January 7th - 20th
Kudai Series - Potea, Felt pen and acrylic on paper, 30 x 20cm Potea (Swahili for Lost) is the first of the Kudai (Reclaim) Series. Potea captures the sense of an unsettled identity - growing up with a deep culture, internalized and tainted by colonization and its Christian structures.
Kudai Series - Potea, Felt pen and acrylic on paper, 30 x 20cm Kutafuta (Swahili for Searching) is the second of the Kudai (Reclaim) Series. Kutafuta (Searching) for belonging and identity, this work explores questioning what home means in a new country, where do I fit in within the realm of colonial thinking an
Kudai Series -Mpita, Felt pen and acrylic on paper, 30 x 20cm Mpita (Swahili for Transition) is the third of the Kudai (Reclaim) Series. Exploring the feeling of identifying with a colonial name but also wanting to decolonize my identity, Mpita (Transition) is about breaking the mold, changing my name and inter
Kudai Series - Fomu, Felt pen and acrylic on paper, 30 x 20cm Fomu (Swahili for Form) is the final piece of the Kudai (Reclaim) Series. Fomu (Form), a slang term – meaning I’m in peace, depicts the balance and serenity of true identity being reclaimed. Transitioning from the colonial name, Jeff, to my tradition
Small Work Art Prize 2023 - Brunswick Street Gallery