Bahati Simoens

Bahati describes her work to be a love letter to the Black body. Her vibrant figurative paintings are heavily inspired by everyday living through softness and a warm demeanor. As Bahati’s practise started as a form of self theraphy, searches for a sense of belonging and home, she now holds up the mirror to her audience. The aim is to make Black people feel seen and leave them with a feeling they themselves didn’t know was missing within. Bahati started her career as a visual artist in 2021 with a group exhibition at Botho Project Space (Johannesburg, SA) followed by a solo exhibition in New York with Medium Tings. Since then she has participated at the Investec Cape Town art fair, as well as collaborations with Selfridges &Co and Nataal Media.

Exhibitions

2021 Ndoimadzi Group exhibition at Botho Project Space (Johannesburg, South Africa) Charcoal Swans under the sun Solo exhibition at La Causa Galeria (Madrid, Spain) Go & Grow Solo exhibition at Medium Tings (New York, United States) Investec Cape Town Art Fair Presented by Botho Project Space (South Africa)

2022 Jasmine, like Summer Independent and entirely autonomous solo exhibition (Antwerp, Belgium) Investec Cape Town Art Fair. Presented by Botho Project Space (Cape Town, SA) Botho Art Collective Artist let art fair (Los Angeles, United States) Rise Group exhibition at NBB Gallery (Berlin, Germany) If not now, then when? Group exhibition at Bkhz (Johannesburg, SA)