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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.


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Title: CONTORTED IN THE REVERIE. Year: 2021. Materials: Mixed media on canvas. Size: 160x120cm
Title: PERMACULTURE 4. Year: 2021. Materials: Mixed media on paper. Size: 42x29 cm
Title: Neglect. Year: 2021. Materials: Mixed media on canvas. Size: 59x42 cm

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