Tamana S

Tamana S.H. Djuya , born in 1984, is a contemporary visual artist who lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

She is a multidisciplinary artist with an interest in abstract expressionism, representational art, cartoons, and sculptures. Her artwork, produced using a variety of forms, explores issues related to the human condition, sociopolitical cross-cultural dialog, and the environment. Her projects often consist of multiple forms of media and non-traditional materials. They fuse her experience and memories of war, destruction, and chaos.

Tamana likes to play with visual codes, lay out images, and overlap them to connect different ideas and perspectives. There is a childlike curiosity and freedom in her artwork. Her latest project is an assemblage of her childhood memories, layered in forms and dark backgrounds and overlapped with vibrant colours and expressive gestures. Her distinct application of ink washes in non-representational form is influenced by Asian calligraphy.

Tamana's artistic vocabulary raises historical and timeless question while formulating a wholly contemporary artistic message. Djuya's work has been exhibited and collected since 2015, and has found its way into the hand of private collectors in Canada, USA and Europe.




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