Mira Jamal
Mira Jamal is an emerging artist born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal and raised the majority of her youth in Cape Town, South Africa. Jamal was first introduced to the art world by her father Ashram Jamal who remains a great inspiration to her. His affinity with. Bright colours which covered the walls of her childhood home, appreciation of art history and his own heritage has reflected itself in her work. Her primary medium is gouache paint on paper but she is transitioning into using more acrylic paints on canvas. Jamal is inspired by the art of the past specifically of ancient India. And parts of East/South East Asia. Within her art her core concern is a blend of. Felinity and androgyny and how these factors can exist along side each other in one person. She often paints two figures mirroring each other but holding different characteristics in the same frame. For her no body is every one thing, we are all split genetically, spiritually and emotionally into multiple manifestations of ourselves. She feels as though one can become frustrated with maintaining a singular identity, unable to embrace certain an aspect of themselves as they might contradict the other. By portraying these dual manifestations in the same frame living alongside and supporting each other she hopes to create an acceptance within the viewer of all the different versions of themselves within them as as well as an acceptance. And love within herself.
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