Collection: WHEN I SEE ME - Bianca Batlle-Nguema

Central to Batlle-Nguema’s work here is the autoportrait, that she uses to understand herself more, layers, by layers, pigment by pigment, archiving at the same time the major life transformations she undergoes. The intimate works presented in the exhibition speak with nuance and subtlety of self discovery, of turmoil, of emotional truth and of the state of serenity you get, when at last you truly see your own essence, In Stillness. Her paintings span a period of seven years from 2019 to 2025 during which she made one of the most transformative journeys of self discovery in South Africa, embracing her full essence as a woman, beyond prescribed roles, and processing the many emotions of this journey on her canvases.