Studio C · South Africa
Meet Cimi
Painter, sculptor and muralist. Her work blends emotion, nature and imagination into every brushstroke — authentic, culturally rooted, and full of life.
The story
It started with a wall
Cimi has been painting for as long as she can remember — first on paper, then on canvas, and eventually on walls big enough to be seen from across the street.
What began as a private habit turned into a practice: murals for schools and community spaces, canvases for collectors, sculpture and props for stage and screen.
The process
Slow looking, fast hands
Every piece starts the same way — sitting with the subject long enough to find what matters about it. The painting itself comes quickly once that part is settled.
Materials shift to suit the work: acrylic and spray for scale, oil and ink for intimacy, papier-mâché and found objects when a piece needs to leave the wall entirely.
The vision
Art that teaches something
Much of the studio's work sits alongside education and awareness projects — pieces made with communities rather than simply for them.
The aim is straightforward: leave a place better looking, and leave the people in it with something to think about.
Murals
Large-scale exterior and interior work
Canvas
Original paintings and commissions
Sculpture
Masks, props and mixed media
Workshops
Education and awareness projects
Working on something?
Commissions, murals and collaborations are open.