Lisa Ijeoma

After finishing her master's in fine arts, Belgian artist Lisa Ijeoma (°1997) felt the need for a broader spectrum of media to voice her experiences and began researching textiles. By using the slow process of handsewn patchwork, heavier topics like racism, sexuality, trauma, the female experience, fear and abuse can find more space for their unfolding. Drawing from experience, she explores her intersectional identity in a contemporary context and challenges the historical stereotyping, objectification and exploitation of the coloured body in the 21st century. Her work contains historical content, spirituality, storytelling and (post)modern notions of new media.