#joana choumali

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Joana Choumali Whose Peace is it Keeping?, 2024 Mixed media, embroidery, paint, manual collage, sheer fabric, and digital photograph printed on canvas 38 1/8 x 57 3/8in

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Joana Choumali: HERE I STAND, 2022

This new work by Joana Choumali, the first African photographer to win the Prix Pictet, in 2019, is from her ongoing series Albahian. In it, she photographs her surroundings at dawn before layering the images with embroidery. She says: ‘I have come to understand that what I was hoping to find in my journeys abroad, I finally discovered in my own home’

All photographs: courtesy the artist/Prix Pictet/gestalten

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Boundary-©Joana-Choumali-2018

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Joana Choumali, COMFORTABLE SILENCE, 2022

mixed media

31 1/8 x 31 3/4 inches (79,1 x 80,6 cm)

32 3/4 x 33 1/8 inches (83,2 x 84,1 cm) frame

SW 22004

Private Collection

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Joana Choumali

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Joana Choumali photography

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still thinking about “THE DREAM THAT STAYED WITH YOU WHEN YOU WOKE UP” by Joana Choumali.

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Joana Choumali - Ça va aller

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Works by photographer Joana Choumalie (1974) from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

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Joana Choumali

THE ANTIDOTE OF FEAR, 2022

Embroidery on digital photography printed on canvas

13 4/5 × 13 4/5 in | 35 × 35 cm

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Freshly Minted, Unashamed

“Freshly minted, unashamed” is a line from the poem “Eden” by Emily R. Grosholz. The poem is about the anxieties of a mother who cannot protect her child from everything that he thinks she can. I chose this title because I wanted to capture the innocence and joy of being in Eden that exists in everyday experiences of women. In the poem, the mother shoulders the weight of knowledge for her son. In the pieces in this curation, instead the women get to experience joy without shame. The pieces in this exhibition remind us what it was like to be “freshly minted,” and show us what it is like to embrace the “gross” side of ourselves. They show women being their unapologetic, natural selves, that we are often made to be ashamed of. Each piece was also selected for its vibrant pinks and yellows. I wanted the exhibition space to complement the colors and feel like an everyday garden of Eden. A warm, homey space fits perfectly with the theme of being at home in your body and everyday life. 

Several of the artworks show nudity outside of an erotic context. This is one of the goals of Kiki Smith’s Pee Body. A sheela na gig, as referenced in Margaret Meehan’s work, is traditionally a carving from the Middle Ages that is believed represented fertility and provided protection from evil spirits. Haley Josephs has many pieces depicting girlhood and birth in a wonderful and unsettling way. I chose The Mother because it shows nudity of an elderly woman and birth is not censored. The title could apply to the grandmother helping her daughter give birth, or the new mother herself. Picnic belongs to Caroline Wong’s series of pastels called Cats and Girls. Each work shows women behaving like cats, and considers pleasure and disgust. Joana Choumali’s work combines photography with embroidery. Let It Out represents childhood joy and the ability to be loud and take up space.

Details (top to bottom)

The Mother, 2022, Haley Josephs, oil on linen, 96x74 in

Picnic, 2023, Caroline Wong, pastel and charcoal on paper, 234x133 cm

Let It Out, 2023, Joana Choumali, embroidery on digital photography printed on canvas, 50x50cm

Little Miss Sheela na Gig, 2024, Margaret Meehan, earthenware, glaze, and wood, 9Hx14Lx14W in

Pee Body, 1992, Kiki Smith, beeswax and glass beads, 27x28x28 in

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Joana CHOUMALI, nouveau talent de la photographie africaine

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Joana Choumali / Alba’hian @kyotographie 雨上がりにふらりと…。 ピュアで真っ直ぐな作品がこの場所の空気を混ざり、 とても清々しく眩しかった。 先日会った彼女のイメージそのもの。 @joana_choumali #KyotoGraphie (Ryosokuin Zen temple 両足院) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrfqD4rv-gj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dream Leftovers, Joana Choumali, 2019

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Joana Choumali (Ivorian, b. 1974)

Tell them i said no, 2020

Embroidery and collage on digital photo printing on cotton canvas ,embroidery on chiffon and tulle over cotton.

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Joana Choumali   THERE IS NO FINISH LINE SERIES ALBAHIAN 2019