Boemo Diale
Born 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Boemo Diale is a self-taught artist currently studying film at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Diale’s paintings are a reflection of her positionality in a society still segregated in many ways along racial lines. In 2021 the artist showed her first solo exhibition at Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, titled ‘Permaculture’. She says, “The work is a kind of commentary on identity and working through cultural aesthetics as a black person. [The] yellow and black characters represent racial ambiguity and myself. It’s about growing up in Rustenburg and Mafikeng – towns in the North West province of South Africa – and being racially ambiguous in a black space and then later coming into a white space and being a black body. It’s about constantly navigating through these spaces. The foliage represents a jungle or forest. I’m this black woman navigating through the confusion and dysmorphia.”
Recent exhibitions:
'Re-form', group show at The Atelier, 44 Stanley. 'The Pink Room', solo presentation and performance at P72, Parkhurst.
Born 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Boemo Diale is a self-taught artist currently studying film at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Diale’s paintings are a reflection of her positionality in a society still segregated in many ways along racial lines. In 2021 the artist showed her first solo exhibition at Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, titled ‘Permaculture’. She says, “The work is a kind of commentary on identity and working through cultural aesthetics as a black person. [The] yellow and black characters represent racial ambiguity and myself. It’s about growing up in Rustenburg and Mafikeng – towns in the North West province of South Africa – and being racially ambiguous in a black space and then later coming into a white space and being a black body. It’s about constantly navigating through these spaces. The foliage represents a jungle or forest. I’m this black woman navigating through the confusion and dysmorphia.”
Recent exhibitions:
'Re-form', group show at The Atelier, 44 Stanley. 'The Pink Room', solo presentation and performance at P72, Parkhurst.
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