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Project Room: Where There Is No Sun
Joy Yamusangie, 7 February - 1 March 2025

Project Room: Where There Is No Sun: Joy Yamusangie

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  • Where There Is No Sun invites viewers into a world of superstition, hope, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

    Set in a fictional town where the sun never rises, Yamusangie’s striking series of paintings on canvas feature deep blacks and reds, capturing intimate moments of people alone at night. In this world, the figures continue their struggle, gambling with life and holding onto fragile hope, despite the overwhelming sense of darkness around them.

     

    Where There Is No Sun explores the delicate balance between bad luck and unyielding faith, offering a visual meditation on the power of belief when everything else seems uncertain. Themes of chance happenings, gambling, lotteries, and the notion of being “down and out” are central to this series of paintings, inviting reflection on the tenacity of hope in challenging circumstances.

     

    Joy Yamusangie’s art navigates the boundaries between dream and reality, creating fictional worlds that are deeply rooted in personal experience. Through a range of media, including drawing, painting, film, and collaging, Yamusangie explores themes of trans masculinity, intimacy, and Blackness. This exhibition builds on the artist’s previous works, including a Tate-commissioned public art installation (2018), a solo show at Tiwani Contemporary (2023), and a selection for the Royal Academy Summer Show (2021).

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    Where There Is No Sun promises to be a thought-provoking and emotionally resonant exhibition for all who have ever believed in something, even when the odds are stacked against them.


    Where There Is No Sun will be on display at in our Project Room 7th February - 1st March 2025, with a drinks reception held on Thursday 6th February, 6-8pm.

  • Selected works
    • Joy Yamusangie, Where There Is No Sun 05 - Thinking of You, 2023
      Joy Yamusangie, Where There Is No Sun 05 - Thinking of You, 2023
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    • Joy Yamusangie, Where There Is No Sun 01, 2024
      Joy Yamusangie, Where There Is No Sun 01, 2024
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    • Joy Yamusangie, Where There Is No Sun 03 - Blinded by the Light, 2024
      Joy Yamusangie, Where There Is No Sun 03 - Blinded by the Light, 2024
    • Joy Yamusangie, Playa Playa, 2024
      Joy Yamusangie, Playa Playa, 2024
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    • Joy Yamusangie, Ace of Spades Prayer, 2023
      Joy Yamusangie, Ace of Spades Prayer, 2023
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    • Joy Yamusangie, Nine of Diamonds Inhale and Hold, 2023
      Joy Yamusangie, Nine of Diamonds Inhale and Hold, 2023
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    • Joy Yamusangie, Cherry Cherry Dollar, 2024
      Joy Yamusangie, Cherry Cherry Dollar, 2024
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    Joy Yamusangie is a visual artist living and working in London. Yamusangie’s work exists both within dream and reality, creating fictional characters and worlds that provide insight into the artist's real life. They experiment with a range of processes such as drawing, film, painting and collaging to produce mixed media pieces. Their work often discusses trans masculinity, intimacy and Blackness from a personal perspective.

    Inspiration is drawn from personal conversations, treasured memories and relationships. Each individual piece documents and retells moments, creating a physical permanence to past experiences from the artist’s life.

    Yamusangie’s previous work includes a public art installation commissioned by Tate (2018), being selected for the RA Summer show (2021) and a solo show at Tiwani Contemporary in (2023). Their work has appeared in editorials for The Fall Magazine and British Vogue and in 2021 they were commissioned by Penguin to create the cover for the C.L.R James’ novel, Minty Alley.

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