VICTOR SITALI

Victor Sitali is an artist and painter from Zambia, who is based in Dubai_ He has been hearing impaired since the age of three and found a way to express his voice through painting seven years ago_

Victor has used the mediums of acrylic, charcoal, oil to illuminate the silent noise_

Breaking through the abstract are themes of love and life_ Brief bursts delineate the landscape of grey on canvas with orange chosen specifically for its contrast to sharpen the visual context of each subject_ An amalgamation of texture, shape and colour highlight the perplexity of understanding the world through the veil of silent noise_

The concept of portraying sound in a visual context usingform, texture, colour and shapes was first explored bythe Impressionists of the 19th century_

Through his practice Victor Sitali seeks to share the sounds of his world on canvas_

Within his deafness – a gift he would not choose to surrender – he finds beauty, inspiration and peace. In this collection, he celebrates the aura of silence, illustrating the cacophony of sounds he perceivesfrom his surroundings_