Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Pair of blue and black silhouette portraits

Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Three black and blue silhouette portraits

Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Pair of pink, yellow and black silhouette portraits

Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Pair of blue and black silhouette portraits

Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Orange and black silhouette portrait in gold frame

Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Black and yellow collage of three women dancing.

Birungi Kawooya offers a bespoke commissions service. Black orange and yellow collage of parents and their newborn

Weaving InterdependenceI was commission to research Walworth Living Room users’ experience of health on a personal, community, institutional and systemic level, using the tool of quilt making, natural fibre exploration and conversation guided by key research questions set by Healing Justice London and Pembroke House from July 2023 – Nov 2023. Fellow community artist, Jacob V. Joyce conducted their own research “Collective Remedies” to produce a mural.

Black Womxn at RestCurated by Black Blossoms in partnership with Kensington and Chelsea Art Week, we, Bokani and Birungi Kawooya collaborated on a mural that portrays Black womxn in a state of relaxation against a mesmerizing backdrop.

Peckham in BloomPECKHAM IN BLOOM Breathe in, deeply. Hold your breath and feel your heartbeat. Exhale, ever so slowly. Slow down and create some peace inside you. You are welcome here, to pause at Peckham in Bloom; a site of rest and restoration, inspired by Black womxn. This is the first sculpture in the ‘Sisters Need Sleep’ collection, which celebrates Black womxn in rest and nurturing their creativity. All Black womxn deserve a space in Peckham to breathe and to be at ease.The three incredible Black women you see are Lorna, Audrey and Titilayomi. The love and care they pour into their communities and Southwark inspired me to create an offering that is reminiscent of the tropics they grew up in. Peckham’s Golden Mile is teeming with all the tropical fruit and vegetables that sustained our ancestors and that we enjoy everyday, thanks to farmers in the Caribbean and Africa. Nature restores us, but we in the Global North are responsible for the destruction of the planet and it is indigenous communities in the Global South – and particularly Black womxn and girls who suffer the most. Therefore, we must listen to Black womxn and girls, because they have the answers to help us restore our collective humanity and sustain our planet. Take some time to turn inwards, pause and reflect. How can you support Black womxn and girls to thrive and nurture our planet, so we can all enjoy papaya, matooke and sugar cane for generations to come?

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