Artist Sungi Mlengeya

Sungi Mlengeya is a self-taught artist who currently works and lives in Tanzania. Her main technique is acrylic medium on canvas creating minimalistic paintings. Mlengeya plays a lot with colours creating an antithesis between her dark figures and the light background. “I chose to leave the background white in my paintings because this creates a sense of calm, helps me capture the un-capturable ; our ever-changing wants, and the infinite freedom to pursue those wants.” she explains. “[…] Aesthetically, I am able to give more attention to my subjects and the extremities of the shades of the figures against the background makes them difficult not to spot“.

1-54 New York Online Edition 2020 Exhibition

Earlier this year an exhibition took place: 1-54 New York Online Edition 2020. Several interviews with artists were presented at the fair, as well as numerous artifiacts by several artists including Mlengeya were exhibited. “Sungi sheds a light on their stories; their journeys, struggles, accomplishments and relationships, navigating, too, her own lived experiences as a black woman.” was describes by the demonstrator. The result is impressive. Enjoy.