Buki Mariam

Artist · Cultural Practitioner

The World Turned Upside Down

2026

Mixed media on canvas

My practice moves across painting, mixed media, textiles, stitching, collage and participatory work, exploring memory, identity, cultural inheritance and the ways we understand ourselves in relation to others.

Material and making are central to this inquiry. I am interested in what we inherit, what changes through experience, and what we choose to carry forward.

About the practice

Selected Works

T’s & C’s, 2023 — artwork by Buki Mariam — T’s & C’s
2023 · Mixed Media on Canvas · 60 × 40 in

Mask for Mask, 2025 — artwork by Buki Mariam — Mask for Mask
2025 · Mixed Media on Canvas · 55 × 60 in

We Are Gathered, 2017 — artwork by Buki Mariam — We Are Gathered
2017 · Soft Sculpture Installation · 70 × 5 in pieces

Meditate in Color, 2015 — artwork by Buki Mariam — Meditate in Color
2015 · Mixed Media on paper · 10 × 13 in

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The Living Archives Project

Culture is more than something we inherit. It is something we experience.

The Living Archives Project explores how culture is experienced, shared and carried forward through storytelling, community programs and participatory experiences.

Through initiatives including Living Archives, Stories in Living Languages and Memory Mapping, the project creates opportunities to encounter culture as something living, shared and continually evolving.

Stories in Living Languages at Brooklyn Children's Museum — presenters beside a screen with participants gathered on a rainbow rug — Stories in Living Languages
Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 2026
Program documentation

A cultural publishing and participation project exploring memory, place and shared histories.

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From the Studio

Instagram@bukimariamstudio

Studio Letter

Notes from the studio, sent occasionally.