katrinna simbaku
CONTACT me Katrinna Simbaku (419) 615-5854 ksimbaku@gmail.com Instagram: smbku
Artist bio Katrinna Simbaku has spent most of her life in between two places. Although she was born in Toledo, OH, she would officially grow up in the college village of Berrien Springs, MI, which afforded her the unique opportunity of being exposed to numerous diverse cultures.
To then move back to Ohio to attend high school in a nearly all-white community required adjustments. As an outsider, both as the new kid and as a perceived “foreigner,� she found it difficult to cope. She eventually latched on to English and art classes.
Although her environment was conservative, or perhaps because of it, topics on race, gender, identity, racism, and sexism caught her attention. She saw how they were linked to vulnerability and shame, and began relating those themes with her work. Today, she combines those themes and influences from photorealism, Instagram, and fine art into tightly rendered graphite portraiture.
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
[Work in Progress]
muse i 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
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Muse ii 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
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suppression 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
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identity 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
rainha 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
Title 19 x 24 / Graphite
Katrinna Simbaku || (419) 615-5854 || ksimbaku@gmail.com || IG: smbku
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CONTACT me Katrinna Simbaku (419) 615-5854 ksimbaku@gmail.com Instagram: smbku