About

I'm Danielle (she/her), a Baleng* cis queer MULTImedia ​self-taught artist based on Piscataway and Susquehannock lands (Baltimore, MD), shaped by the red clay of West Cameroonian’s soil. I move between acrylic strokes, fibers, pixels, West and Central African patterns to craft vibrant works, guided by the whispers of queer and trans African ancestors who came before.

The central thesis in my work is the question "whose ​imagination are you living in?", a powerful inquiry ​inviting us to interrogate the norms ​that shape our societies and erode our bodies and ​minds. Through each art piece, I call forth the truth: queer and trans Africans have always been here.

*Baleng: West Cameroonian tribe, part of the Bamiléké ethnic group, descendants of the Bantu people

I draw inspiration from my memories, my coming out story, global history, U.S. popular culture, my academic and personal research on racial capitalism, Black womanist thought and African queer studies.

*+237 on my logo is the country code for Cameroon

shot by iya jackson

shot by Jeff Butler