KIRSTY BEKOE-TABIRI.
Artist and Collaborator based in East London
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I design artistic encounters, exploring how art functions in society and its structures.
PROJECTS.
2024
RESCRIPTED.
I exhibited eight works at Yahoo! UK as part of their Black History Month showcase, alongside delivering a keynote talk. My speech explored how traditionally feminine traits can drive social change just as much as masculine ones, connecting these ideas to the themes in my paintings.
keynote
exhibition
panel
2025.
Love's reply.
As part of Stratford East Theatre’s 'Romeo and Juliet', I ran workshops for East Londoners with varied levels of English speaking (from learners to non-verbal autistic participants to fluent speakers). Using cut-up fragments of Shakespeare’s script, we created and exchanged reflections on love across groups, sending messages back and forth through art as a shared language. The resulting works were exhibited in the theatre alongside the production.
by carys and celso
by abu and fatemeh
by angela and wei yu
2025.
the future is soft here.
Over four months, I led a co-creation project with young people in Barking, East London. Together we chose to tackle themes of existential dread, agency, and the future, moving from experimentation to the collaborative planning and execution of large canvases. The group shaped the concepts, compositions, final forms and names; the works will be exhibited in autumn 2025.
EXPERIMENTATION
CREATION
reflection
2021.
Re:Works.
As part of a group of makers in Barking, East London, I helped transform exhibition waste from the Victoria and Albert Museum into furniture stools. The project explored cycles of reuse and sustainability, while questioning who gets to be displayed, and how craft and art intersect. The finished stools were both exhibited and used within the museum itself.
Making
rehousing
display
2024.
kingpin.
medium: OIL ON CANVAS with gold and silver leaf, 50 x 75 cm
should I close these eyes
I'd be with you now;
but I can’t.
the city doesn't sleep.
EXHIBITIONS
The 8th Women in Art Prize Exhibition, 67 York Street Gallery, London (2025)
AWARDS
First Runner-Up, Susan Angoy Prize
for Artists of African and
Caribbean Heritage (2025)
2024.
ST GEORGE.
medium: OIL ON CANVAS with gold leaf, 75 x 100 cm
these words are a psalm;
there's no need to shout
I whisper them softly til
you fade away.
EXHIBITIONS
Moonlight Exhibition, FUSEBOX, London (2025)
2024.
Glass.
medium: OIL ON CANVAS with silver leaf, 30 x 40 cm
twinkling, fragile; cold
to the touch-
this skyscraper has no ceiling.
EXHIBITIONS
Rescripted: Black History Month Showcase, Yahoo! UK, London (2024)
•Delivered keynote talk on how traditionally feminine traits shape social change, in dialogue with my exhibited work.
2024.
petrol.
medium: OIL ON CANVAS with bronze leaf, 60 x 30 cm
a palm-sized cup
and a sky full of stars;
both flow over.
Key solo works.
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ABOUT.
highlights.
Words and pictures belong together. That’s why my practice blends images and poetry: “visual essays” that express what language alone, can’t.
My work is both daydream and strategy; imaginative yet functional. I use art as a tool for connection, especially as an access point for discussions around inclusion and community.
Rooted in academic rigour and philosophical inquiry, I paint black women and bespoke fashion concepts, setting them against London cityscapes and Edenic diasporic landscapes of “back home.”
Where art about minority groups often centres trauma, I create from joy. Black women, fashion, and the landscapes I draw from are all beautiful. Weaving them together feels like writing a love letter.
tiger paint and sip
2025.
workshop hosting for creative barking and dagenhman, and barking riverside.
MOONLIGHT.
2025.
Exhibition,
'ST GEORGE’.
Women in Arts prize
2025.
Susan Angoy Heritage Prize in Painting, Runner Up.
'KINGPIN.'
8th women in art prize exhibition
2025.
67 york street gallery, london
rescripted: black history month showcase
2024.
yahoo! uk, London
clare 4th plinth competition
2024.
clare college, cambriddge
pivotal
2023.
studio 3 arts
re:works
2021.
V & A museum
EXHIBITIONS.
MPhil Architecture and Urban Design
2022
University of Cambridge
MA Architecture
2023.
University of Cambridge
BA Architecture
2019.
University of Cambridge
education.
socials.
