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Bio

My artistic practice dives into questioning the black body in relation to gazes and is mostly based on research that manifests itself in multidisciplinary works, ranging from photography to cinema and from installation to performance. I was born in Leuven, Belgium to a Belgian/Dutch mother and Senegalese father. This exposed me to a wide range of customs and culture from a young age which later opened questions on my own position in Belgian life and by extension the world. In 2017 I started a bachelors in photography at LUCA School of arts in Brussels where I graduated with high honours in 2022 with my first film Tukuleur. Later that year Tukuleur won the VAF (Flemisch Audiovisual Fund) Wildcard for Filmlab and was selected for the Currents #10 exhibition in Maastricht supported by Marres and Z33. In 2023 I was selected by Fomu Antwerp (Photo Museum Antwerp) for their annual .Tiff program, coaching, a magazine and an exhibition in the museum. In that same year Tukuleur was part of the Contour, the Mechelen biannual. Currently I’m in residence at the M-Museum in Leuven, working on a new installation piece. At the same time I’m working on a new film with Auguste Orts. Both works should be finished in 2025.