Jahi Quasim Reeberg

jahi quasim reeberg (1998, Rotterdam) is an Afropean visual storyteller, researcher, writer, Afro-futurist, day dreamer and painter. Their practice publishes like a visual diary, combining color, words, reflection and dialogue. Inspired by their cultural and Spiritual identity, decolonial theory, Afro-futurism and the practice of Imagining Otherwise, their art proposes an alternative from individualism and has evolved towards holding space for Liberatory praxis by developing Our collective consciousness. They invite the observer to explore and learn from notions of Black Trans and Queer Spirituality by going back to their lineage and cultural heritage. They transcend various geographies and historic constellations to bring these stories together in immersive, urgent and often colorful canvas paintings that will keep living on within and outside of the archives.

Their aim is to contribute to the ongoing processes of structural change, doing so by allowing themselves to be vulnerable with their audience, thus creating space for them to share their embodied knowledge. Asking ourselves the necessary questions to tackle Our collective traumas at its core.