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Little Black Girls

Christian Azolan Treter

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Hailing from the small Indian Ocean island of Mahé in Seychelles, Christian is a serigrapher and visual artist who enjoys working in the following fine art mediums, photography, painting, digital and gilding.

His most celebrated work is inspired by people, environments and nature and his ongoing series titled 'The Birds' released in October 2020 and updated in 2022 plays on the themes of freedom, fantasy and escapism in flight, against the backdrop of the ongoing global pandemic, war, displacement and our place in a new future. Golden Flock his most popular print to date was re-created as a 23ct gold screenprint highlighting that we have to work as one to accomplish anything in life.

Hailing from the small Indian Ocean island of Mahé in Seychelles, Christian is a serigrapher and ...

Little Black Girls aims to promote black representation by demonstrating the importance of ethnicity and girls of colour entering womanhood. ‘Natural hair, a natural face is a symbol of culture, strength and history, I’m tired of the words black beauty’

Final work

Photograph of a little black girl with a gold halo around her head

Zemirah

Photograph of a little black girl with a gold halo around her head

Kira

Photograph of a little black girl with a gold halo around her head and gold wings

Imara

Photograph of two little black girls with a gold circle behind their heads

Eva Rose and Mae

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Little Black Girls

Little Black Girls aims to promote black representation by demonstrating the importance of ethnicity and girls of colour entering womanhood. ‘Natural hair, a natural face is a symbol of culture, strength and history, I’m tired of the words black beauty’

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