BIOGRAPHY

My name is Kareemah,(kuh-ree-muh) and I am a self taught visual artist. I started drawing at the age of 4, and at the time, it was something I wanted to do because I watched my father draw all the time. I just found it so fascinating how he could take a blank sheet of paper, and create a whole masterpiece. Almost as if he pulled the image from thin air.

Over the years, I experienced a lot of losses, so art got replaced with schooling and working. Anything to keep me occupied and focused on staying busy. It began to take its toll on me. I wasn’t happy, I wasn’t thriving, only existing.

I got back into art because my dad had stopped doing it. I wanted to reignite that flame in him. Instead, he insisted that I keep going with it myself. So I did. I enrolled in art schools, began learning from YouTube videos and self discipline. And that’s where I find myself today.

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As a Black/Hispanic woman in the art world, I don't feel like we are represented enough. Eurocentric features and values take precedence and are typically "the standard" of what beauty is in our society. I however, choose to show that there is beauty on the other side of that spectrum as well. Women in general are incredible works of art to me. The female form is just so beautiful and should be celebrated. Representation truly does matter, and my goal is to highlight the beauty of the unrepresented. I want to tell our stories from our points of view. Showcase the beauty that is in the world, but not as glorified.