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The Art of Zeinab Diomande (AKA Z the Rat) Explores Mental Health and the Experience of Being a Black Woman

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By Chomoi Picho-Owiny
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05 Oct 2022
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Born in 1999, in Virginia (USA) Zeinab Diomande (aka Z the Rat) left Abidjan (Ivory Coast), where she spent her childhood and adolescence, to pursue her university studies in Philadelphia (USA) in 2017. The artist explores the theme of mental health and her experience as a black woman. These themes mark out and feed her warm and colorful world. Adapting what already exists and reinventing it in a way that also shapes a new reality is the main focus of this expression.

Diomandé is currently studying at the University of the Arts, pursuing a BFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting and drawing.

“Beyond the Sun, Beyond the Earth, Away from the Bleak Lands” (2022) Zeinab Diomande (AKA Z the Rat)

“Till the Sun Rises Again” Zeinab Diomande (AKA Z the Rat)(2022)

You can see her work ast part of group show “PERSPECTIVES” currently exhibiting at Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles.

Zeinab Diomande's website.

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