Tiwani Contemporary is pleased to announce its representation of artists Miranda Forrester and Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson.
Miranda Forrester explores the queer Black female gaze in painting vis a vis the history of men painting womxn naked. Her work addresses the invisibility of Black women in the western history of art. She investigates how painting is able to re-articulate the language and history of life drawing through a queer Black feminist and desiring lens. In doing so, she depicts what the male gaze may not be able to see.
Forrester says: “My work is a celebration of women’s bodies, the joy in occupying feminine identities and being in relation with one another.”
Miranda Forrester lives and works in London. She holds a BA in Fine Art Painting from the University of Brighton. Recent exhibitions include At Peace, Gillian Jason Gallery, London (group - 2021); Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London (group - 2021); Sixty- Six London, St George’s Place, London (group - 2021); Reality Check, Guts Gallery, London (group - 2021); Poetic Sustenance,Tiwani Contemporary, London (group - 2021); Abode, Guts Gallery, London (solo - 2020).
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Joseph O.Wilson's polymorphic practice draws references from American popular culture, modern art and African folklore, largely exploring themes related to colonialism, archaeology and futurism, the artist collapses these narratives to create immersive universes where exoskeletons, humans, machines, animals and spirits joust or ritual dance in a syncretism that testifies to the artist's overflowing imagination.
Wilson says: “I don’t have any narrative goal in mind as I work, although there are characters who do reappear. More often, the story writes itself as the characters and elements are introduced. These characters, and any of the content in the paintings, are part of a language that I use to write the scene. I expect these to change and develop over time.”
Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson (b.1999, Los Angeles, USA) lives and works in New York, USA. Recent exhibitions include After me, the flood, Derek Eller Gallery, New York City (2022); Everything goes scatter, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK (2022); OMG (how to find God), Fergus McCaffrey, St. Barth (2022); Seven/Seven, Fergus McCaffrey, Tokyo (2022); Olisaemeka, Simchowitz Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); Poetic Sustenance, Tiwani Contemporary, London (2021); Jaga-Jaga, Freedom Gallery, New York, NY (2021); Diaspora, Jac Forbes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Open Call 2020 - Winners Exhibition, Delphian Gallery, London, UK (2020); The Edge of Chaos, The Newsstand Project x Autre Magazine, Los Angeles, CA (2020); Summer Group Show, 824 South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 9 (2019).
