My artistic practice investigates how visual systems construct and transmit cultural memory.

I work with archives, diasporic memory and the afterlives of colonial image histories.

Images are not neutral. They carry histories, power structures and symbolic systems.

Alongside commissioned work, I maintain an independent research practice grounded in long-term visual and archival investigation.

Research precedes image.
Structure precedes form.

Selected work
Est-ce qu'il faut brûler la maison du maître ? Installation · Solo exhibition · 2025
Untitled Photography · Analog · Silver gelatin
Untitled Photography · Analog
Untitled Photography · Analog
Untitled Photography · Analog
Research themes
  • diasporic archives
  • transnational visual memory
  • postcolonial image histories
  • fashion as cultural architecture
  • symbolic systems in contemporary visual culture
Exhibitions
2025

METIS - Est-ce qu'il faut brûler la maison du maître ?

Solo exhibition - Love Letter, Bagnolet
21 March - 6 April 2025

Available for residencies, institutional collaborations and research partnerships.











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