ABOUT

Dayan Tshala (1995, Belgium) is a contemporary painter based in Brussels, known for figurative acrylic works on paper and canvas, often incorporating mixed media. With a degree in social sciences, she explores habitus, questioning how socially ingrained behaviors shape identity and perception.

Her work primarily depicts raw bodies in vivid colors, rejecting the notion of singular skin tones and emphasizing its natural beauty, strength, and individuality. Influenced by both personal struggles and societal challenges, her art reflects a search for self-reconnection as a path to empathy and collective harmony. In a world witnessing a rise in hate and violence, she believes that understanding our inner selves is essential to understanding others, fostering empathy, and countering division through deeper human connection.