2020 - Acrylic on Canvas - 59,4 x 84,1cm (Series of 3)

Jazmin Sheba Parsons evokes that those stereotypes and prejudiced opinions have an extensive impact on the lives of people of colour with paintings that aim to raise awareness of the current social climate. She opposes to prevailing depictions of black women in mainstream media and western art by celebrating the diversity of interest within this demographic by representing scenes that dismantle preconceived ideas of what black women are and do. She explores race and colourism, although her subjects are all notably black, they are represented in grisaille, a technique which avoids the characters to be defined and judged by the hue of their skin.

In this work, she focuses on the representation in creative industries such as crafts, fine arts and classical orchestras. Jazmin Sheba Parsons challenges stereotypes and probes notions of identity through her life-size paintings of black women.