Negro Sunshine

A love letter to the Black body.

Bahati Simoens is a self-taught female artist born in Munanira (Burundi, 1992)
from Belgian and Congolese descent.
And currently based in Ghent (BE).

Bahati creates vibrant figurative paintings, heavily inspired by her African heritage.
Her work centers around bright colors in combination with black bodies
being celebrated in a world without the white gaze.
Pulling from childhood memories and current events,   
through softness and a warm demeanor.

CONTACT ME -
bahatisimoens@gmail.com

Publications:

https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/bahati-simoens/

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/bahati-simoens-art-150121

https://issuu.com/inbtwnmag/docs/togetherness

https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/features/moodboard/good-nature-artists/


Commissioned Work

Artwork Jacob Banks  -  http://www.mrjacobbanks.com/

Jack Davison Photographs Annotated Artists Edition  -  https://loosejoints.biz/products/photographs-annotated

INQUE Magazine - Ope Adedeji the woman of number 49 - https://inquemag.com/






PREVIOUS

Group exhibition    Ndoimadzi - BOTHO Project Space (6th of May till 26th of June 2021)
Solo exhibition      Charcoal swans under the sun (June 23th till July 22nd 2021 La Causa Galeria, Madrid)
Solo exhibition      Go & Grow (July 11th till August 8th 2021 Medium Tings, New York)
Cape Town Art fair 2021 presented by Botho Project Space


COMING UP

Solo exhibition       Jasmine, like Summer  entirely autonomous exhibition by B A H A T I and K A N E Z A at MINO art space Antwerp
                             (28 th of January 2022 till 6th of February)

Cape Town Art fair 2022  presented by Botho Project Space 

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