Deimé Ubani
Nassau, Bahamas
12 Works exhibited on Kooness
Current location
Nassau, The Bahamas
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Works by Deimé Ubani
Deime’ Ubani (b.1988) is a multi-disciplinary Bahamian artist of Nigerian and Barbadian descent living and working in New Providence, Bahamas. Her mixed heritage influences her love of color and use of varying mediums: acrylics, oil pastels, oil stains, magazine clippings, wood, canvas, found objects, and epoxy resin. Her brightly colored, out-of-the-box work meshes the gap between time, effects, and memory that highlights her bi-heritage - while keeping "the balance" she always seeks and thus prioritizes. Although she works in varying styles, she is best known for her abstraction; her free flow is the foundation and fundamental element of all her creations regardless of theme.
Upcoming exhibitions
2023 “Loose me said the fly to the spider” Deime Ubani solo exhibition, Sixty2Sixty Art
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Solo Exhibitions
2021 Beer for Breakfast - SIXTY2SIXTY Art Gallery, Nassau Bahamas
2021 Deime Ubani artist showcase at Travelers Rest, Nassau Bahamas
Group Exhibitions
2007 Color of Harmony– Portia Smith Building, College of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2008 Color of Harmony–Portia Smith Building, College of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2008 Central Bank of the Bahamas Annual Art Competition, Appreciation Award in Open
3D Category– The Central Bank of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2009 “Redefining the Portrait” : 26 th Annual Central Bank of the Bahamas Art Competition
Open Category –Central Bank of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2010 First Annual Schooner Bay Eco-Art Symposium – Schooner Bay; Abaco, Bahamas
2010 “A Mighty Push Forward” : 27 th Annual Central Bank of the Bahamas Art
Competition Open Category – The Central Bank of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2012 All-star Amateur Artist Night, “In the Likeness of Kendal Hanna”– The National Art
Gallery of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2012 All-star Amateur Artists Night, “Match Me If You Can, Amos Ferguson” –The
National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas
2013 All-star Amateur Artists Night, “Spirituality and Balance”– The National Art Gallery
of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2013 “The Independents” :30 th Annual Central Bank of the Bahamas Art Competition
Open Category – The Central Bank of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2013 All-star Amateur Artists Night: “Master Artists of the Bahamas & The Bahamian
Collection”–National Art Gallery of the Bahamas; Nassau, Bahamas
2013 Salus Project: Matters of the Heart – Ladder Gallery; Nassau Bahamas
2013 Salus Project: GET OUT – Take back your Life, Silent Auction/Exhibit to raise
awareness of Domestic Violence– Ladder Gallery; Nassau, Bahamas
2013 HIV/AIDS Live Painting -Salus – New Providence Community Centre – Nassau,
Bahamas
2013 Salus Project: HIV/AIDS Awareness – Getting to Zero– Ladder Gallery; Nassau,
Bahamas
2014 Hope Ball: Cancer Survivor’s Portrait Series–Grand Bahama Cancer Society; Freeport
Bahamas
2014 See Me: Art Takes Times Square – Times Square, New York, United States of America
2014 Salus Project: Pulse– Ladder Gallery; Nassau, Bahamas
2014 Salus Project: Pulse – Sassoon Foundation Red Heart Ball, Melia Resort; Nassau,
Bahamas
2014 Jazz and Classical Music/ Art Auction – John Watling Distillery, Nassau Bahamas in
cooperation with the Rotary Club Nassau and Salus Project; Nassau, Bahamas
2014 Transforming Spaces 2014 :Theme: Water – D'Aguilar Art Foundation (DAF);
Nassau, Bahamas
2017 Salus Project: Conch Salad – Family Medical Centre; Nassau Bahamas
2017 Lyford Cay Club (group private showings); Nassau Bahamas
2017 Old Fort Bay (group private showings); Nassau Bahamas
2018 Salus Project - “12%” – Family Medical Centre; Nassau Bahamas
2018 Salus Project - Paint for Hope - Studio Cafe; Nassau Bahamas
2018 Salus Project - Conch Salad 2 – Family Medical Centre; Nassau Bahamas
2019 The Brenton Story – The Central Bank of the Bahamas, The University of the
Bahamas, The Ministry of Education; Nassau Bahamas
2019 36 th Annual Central bank Art Competition Open Category – The Central Bank of the
Bahamas; Nassau Bahamas
2019 Alleviate Foundation: Art Auction and Hurricane relief effort – The National Art
Gallery of the Bahamas; Nassau Bahamas
2019 “Black Out : Art in the dark” hosted by Ubani artworks and Nassau Motors Company
–Creative center, Popop Studio grounds; Nassau Bahamas
2021 “Beer for Breakfast” D. Ubani Solo exhibition - SIXTY2SIXTY Art Gallery, Nassau
Bahamas
2021 D. Ubani Solo Art showcase - Travelers West Restaurant and Cigar Lounge, Nassau
Bahamas
2021 38th Annual Central Bank of the Bahamas Open Category - The Central Bank of the
Bahamas, Nassau Bahamas
2021 The Current at Bahamar Overhead Bin: Small Artwork Exhibition - The Current Art
Gallery, Bahamar, Nassau Bahamas
2021. Resilience: Equity Trust Bank 4 th Annual Charitable Art Exhibition, - Equity Trust
House, Caves Village, Nassau Bahamas
2021 Fuse: Fusion Superplex , Nassau Bahamas
2022 “Art in the Park”: Artist showcase and Sculpture reveal : Deltec Bank, Lyford Cay,
Nassau Bahamas
2022 FTX conference 2022 in partnership with Deltec Bank, Bahamar Resort and Casino,
Nassau Bahamas
2022 Nishie L.S. Birthday Celebration and Art Showcase, Ubani Artworks – Travelers
West Restaurant and Cigar Lounge, Nassau, Bahamas
2022 “Dis N’ Dat” , group exhibition: SIXTY2SIXTY Art gallery, Downtown Nassau,
Nassau Bahamas
2022 We are Virgo – Live painting and auction, National Training Center, Nassau Bahamas
2022 Equity Trust Bank 5 th Annual Charitable Art Exhibition - Equity Trust House, Caves
Village, Nassau Bahamas
2022 Sip and Paint and Art Auction for Thomas Harrison Medial fund - Paradise Island,
Nassau Bahamas
2022 “For Thomas, with love” - National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau Bahamas
Deime’ Ubani (b.1988) is a Bahamian artist of Nigerian and Barbadian descent living and working in New Providence, The Bahamas. Ubani's bright color palette, in conjunction with her experimentation with different materials (acrylics, oil pastels, oil stains, magazine clippings, and epoxy resin on canvas or wood) are influenced by her multi-heritage. Predominantly falling under abstract contemporary, she however works in a wide range of styles and themes. This resourcefulness is common to those in the diasporic region that are trying to find and understand themselves in their place of existence. A descendant of successive generations of foreigners, she meshes the gap between time, location and its effects as she tries to understand her relatively new diasporic maternal heritage only dating back to the early 1900's in comparison to her uninterrupted paternal heritage dating back for hundred of years, she navigates trying to find peace and belonging in either. Nurtured by other creative maternal family members, locally and internationally - such as her late uncle, African American artist Philemon Reid (VA, OR) - she decided upon graduating from St. Augustine's College to attend the College of The Bahamas, now University of The Bahamas , pursuing her art degree. Since obtaining her degree she has worked as a freelance artist, showcasing her fine art under Ubani Artworks and most recently, a custom home decor and family game brand called Big Wood Bahamas. Her work has been featured by The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, The Central Bank of The Bahamas, Deltec Bank, Equity Bank, The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, The Current Gallery and Art Center, The Salus Project Gallery, The Ladder Gallery, Traveller's West Gallery, Fusion Superplex Gallery, and the SeeMe Art Takes Times Square art show. Her pieces were also among those chosen as part of the interior design of guest rooms at the Baha Mar resort in the nation’s capital. She campaigns for more artistic opportunities in her country by hosting and curating open calls for local artists since 2019.