Paris-born, Los Angeles-based painter and visual artist Brooklin A. Soumahoro has a profound intuition for color and line. His work begins with humble painted underlayers, evolving through extraordinary technical precision and personal discipline. Soumahoro seamlessly fuses precise geometric patterns with vibrant, energetic color fields, creating layered, transportive surfaces that act as visual thresholds. Rooted in his multicultural upbringing and diverse interests, Soumahoro’s creative process draws inspiration from unexpected and eclectic sources. Music, sound, and ideas of sonic frequency resonate as strongly in his imagination as traditions of patterning, global art histories, and broader cultural touchstones. Synthesizing these influences through rigorous color theory research and meticulous formal approaches, Soumahoro creates images that are contemplative and portal-like, inviting viewers to journey beyond the surface.
Brooklin A. Soumahoro (b. 1990, Paris, France) lives and works in Los Angeles. Selected solo and group exhibitions include François Ghebaly, Los Angeles; rodolphe janssen, Brussels, Belgium; Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy; Sunday-S Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, USA; The Pit, Los Angeles, USA; and Massimo De Carlo V-Space.
