Fallen Moon Man, 2020
Fallen Moon Man, 2020

Bambou Gili’s inscrutable paintings, characterized by long arms and enigmatic female faces, between cerulean tones and strong brushes, convey casual tension.

Bambou Gili explores social maladaptation, solitude, humour,  resistentialism, racial prejudice, enantiodromia and uncertainty in places of comfort. Using a range of contemporary and historical sources, including animation and 16th and 18th century portraiture, Gili’s work combines various painting styles, a cerulean colour palette and figures to create personal, found and imagined landscapes.   

 

Bambou Gili (b. 1996, New York, NY) has had solo exhibitions at Arsenal Contemporary, New York and Night Gallery, Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in group shows at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME; James Fuentes, New York, NY; Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY; Lyles & King, New York, NY; Galerie Perrotin, New York, NY; WAOW Gallery, Hong Kong; and Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan among others. Gili has appeared in publications including The Guardian, New American Paintings, Elephant, Artnet News, Purple, and Artsy. The artist is a recipient of the 2024 Spirit Now Acquisition Prize, organized by the Women’s Art Collection at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Gili lives and works in New Mexico.