UMAN
(b. 1980, Somalia) is a Somali-born, New York-based artist. Self-taught, Uman’s vibrant, intuitive paintings and drawings reflect her nomadic experiences, blending abstraction, figuration, and a dreamlike visual language rooted in personal memory, folklore, and identity.
UMAN
Evening smoke in my yard , 2023
Oil, acrylic, and enamel on paper 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 16 x 20 inches
UMAN
Otto motto, 2023
Oil, acrylic, and enamel on paper 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 16 x 20 inches
UMAN
Driving to the market, 2023
Oil, acrylic, and enamel on paper 40.6 x 50.8 cm / 16 x 20 inches
Recent solo exhibitions include Get Lifted, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (2023); I Speak Through My Art, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut (2022); and Naked Hearbeat, Curated by Mickalene Thomas, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2021).
Recent group exhibitions include Black Abstractionists: From Then 'Til Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (2022); Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York (2021); and Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles (2019).