Kat as Mami Wata

Acrylic on Canvas | 2021

Depicted is Kat Blaque, a Black transwoman American artist, youtube, and activist. In the painting, she evokes Mami Wata, a Black diasporic diety of the water, who is known to be part serpents with an otherness quality. She is said to often carry a mirror in hand, representing movement through the present and future. Her devotees seek her to fulfilling their own destinies.