Art by Imani-shimwe

Stories live
in colour.

A visual journal of memory, transformation and the inner worlds we build to survive.

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Conversations in the Shower by Imani-shimwe
Conversations in the Shower · 2024

Selected works

The collection

Personal stories, translated through acrylic, collage and imagined spaces.

Conversations in the Shower

Conversations in the Shower

2024
Find Me in the Rainbow

Find Me in the Rainbow

2024
My Life's Formula

My Life's Formula

2024
My Dreams in a Nutshell

My Dreams in a Nutshell

2024
Cloud Gazing

Cloud Gazing

2024
Drowning

Drowning

2024
Set Sail Together

Set Sail Together

2024
First Conversations

First Conversations

2023
Memories Under the Tree

Memories Under the Tree

2023
Animated Dreams

Animated Dreams

2023
Don't Let Me Fall

Don't Let Me Fall

2023
Issue No. 6

Issue No. 6

2023
Grown Conversations

Grown Conversations

2022
The People of the North

The People of the North

2021
Moon River

Moon River

2021

The artist

“Art is a refuge — a safe space to take control of my narrative.”

Imani-shimwe, also known as The Marooned Islander, is a self-taught artist based in Stockholm. Her work turns memory, emotion and imagination into deeply personal visual worlds.