Artist Statement
“My early visibility within global fashion media involved sustained participation in image construction, authorship, and the mechanics of representation. That context sharpened my awareness of how identity is staged, circulated, and consumed. Painting operates as the medium through which these mechanisms are re-examined, re-contextualized, and re-authored.”
Ndoema is an artist whose painting practice is informed by her multidisciolinary background and extensive work in fashion and media. Deemed a member of the “Fashion Elite” by New York Magazine’s The Cut, she has been featured in leading publications worldwide, including British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Marie Claire Brazil, Glamour Paris, Cosmopolitan UK, and Harper’s Bazaar. (See selected press.)
While those years were dedicated to perfecting the “image,” her current practice is focused on its deconstruction.
Her current painting series, Prima Materia, represents an inward evolution of that same creative energy. An invitation into her most personal creative exploration to date. Ndoema has not stepped away from image culture; rather, she has changed the lens. Today, she uses the canvas to explore questions of authorship and identity in a more intimate, introspective space.
Pronunciation
Ndoema [en-DOY-mah]
Lives & Works
Lived in
New York, USA
Los Angeles, USA
Paris, France
Geneva, Switzerland
Madrid, Spain
Vienna, Austria
Venice, Italy
Bocas del Toro, Panama
Bangkok, Thailand
Lilongwe, Malawi
Ganeshpuri, India
Bali, Indonesia
Education
Université Jean Monnet Paris XI — Law
École Supérieure des Hautes Études Internationales, Paris — International Relations & Diplomatic Studies
Institut de Management et de Communication Interculturels, Paris
European Erasmus Scholar — International Law, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva — Master’s in International Law
Preliminary PhD thesis in International Law, Public Health & Women’s Rights