The Exhibition
THE EARTH HAS ONLY, ONE SUN -The exhibition focus close-up on specific areas in a number of images. Click on the image for a slideshow, to view the full scale of the total images.
Utilising a self-developed fusion of photography, hand embroidery textiles, with vibrant colours. Artist Joana Choumali weaves tales and stories, about the cultures on the African continent. The iPhone images were printed on cotton canvas, hand embroiled with cotton, lurex and wool threads with vibrant colours. The works on show were inspired during her early walks, before and during sunrise. Joana works have won many awards, and is in art collections around the world.
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The Artist
Joana Choumali was born in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. After attending school, she went to Casablanca, Morocco, to study Graphic Art & Design. Joana worked in advertising before embarking in the world of the visual arts. Questioning her identity as an African, the resulting works documented young professional African women, struggling to stay connected to family traditional cultures. “We all live the same way, whatever the country, the continent, the culture. We all walk in the same way for the same purpose, in search of well-being, or a better life.By embroidering my photos, I just look for a dream world. I hatch, I erase, I redesign my vision of a dream world.” www.joanachoumali.com
