Mouminatou Thiaw is a contemporary visual artist exploring childlikeness, rememory and ecoLove in her works. She pulls from experience, memory and stories to form her creative visual world and is deeply motivated to respond colorfully to the communities and natural environments she belongs to. She regards creative exploration and art as a necessary centerpiece for critical thinking about representations of race, class, identity, family and human connection with the environment.

CURRENT PROJECT

SAMA DEUK YAAY // MY MOTHERS LAND is an autobiographical project in which Mouminatou explores her memories of leaving Senegal as a child and making a new home in America with her family. She uses bright colors and symbolic imagery to evoke girlhood and center childlike perspectives of migration, home-making, and the familiarity of nature across continents.

THE GIRL WHO FLEW FROM DAKAR

93cm x 150cm

SWEET MAGNOLIA, 2024

130cm x 160cm

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