Don't Silence Me. (Artist: Destiny Kirumira) Poster

Description of Work:

“Don’t Silence Me” attempts to highlight the issue of voter suppression and how it continues to impact Black voters disproportionately. It depicts how politicians, systems, and legislation (represented by the American flag) attempt to suppress or silence minority voters. It captures your gaze in its stark contrast both in color and in the way it depicts the truth.

Artist’s Bio:

Destiny Kirumira is a Black visual artist and current architecture student. Born in Germany to parents from Uganda, Destiny moved to Canada when she was nine. Later on, she received a BA in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Alberta (U of A) in 2018. Destiny has been in the business of reconciling what may seem like competing narratives and only now feels her multi-cultural upbringing has shaped how she understands the world around her. Since then, she has continued her studies at the University of Calgary in a Master of Architecture. Through both her designs and paintings, she attempts to reconstruct and reconcile the roots of racism in both fields and does so rigorously. She has produced work for non-profit organizations doing work to bring an end to human trafficking and continues to attempt to create work that challenges norms that harm human life. Ultimately, her art poses questions surrounding race, gender, and politics with the aim of enlightening those of us who have chosen to turn a blind eye to the world’s most grotesque injustices.

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IG: @destiny_kirumira