Sancintya Mohini Simpson is a descendent of indentured labourers sent from India to work on colonial sugar plantations in South Africa. Her work navigates the complexities of migration, memory and trauma—addressing gaps and silences within the colonial archive. Simpson’s work moves between painting, video, poetry, and performance to develop narratives and construct rituals that reflect on her matrilineal lineage.
Sancintya Mohini Simpson
Exhibitions
Off-site Exhibitions
![<span class="artist">Sancintya Mohini Simpson</span><span class="title"> ām / ammā / mā maram</span><span class="year"> 2023</span>, <span class="notes">Installation view, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), 2023. Photo: Dan McCabe</span>]( "<span class=\"artist\">Sancintya Mohini Simpson</span><span class=\"title\"> ām / ammā / mā maram</span><span class=\"year\"> 2023</span>, <span class=\"notes\">Installation view, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), 2023. Photo: Dan McCabe</span>")
Aug 4 – Oct 22, 2023Sancintya Mohini Simpson‘ām / ammā / mā maram’Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts![<span class="artist">Sancintya Mohini Simpson</span><span class="title"> Installation view, Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora</span><span class="year"> 2023</span>, <span class="notes">SAVVY Contemorary, Berlin; Groupius Bau, Berlin</span>]( "<span class=\"artist\">Sancintya Mohini Simpson</span><span class=\"title\"> Installation view, Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora</span><span class=\"year\"> 2023</span>, <span class=\"notes\">SAVVY Contemorary, Berlin; Groupius Bau, Berlin</span>")
Apr 21 – Jun 4, 2023Sancintya Mohini Simpson‘Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora’S A V V Y Contemporary, Gropius Bau Berlin![<span class="artist">Sancintya Mohini Simpson</span><span class="title"> An ocean</span><span class="year"> 2023</span>, <span class="medium">Clay lotas fired in sugarcane and sawdust, sugarcane ash sound</span>, <span class="dimen dimen-notes">Dimensions variable</span>]( "<span class=\"artist\">Sancintya Mohini Simpson</span><span class=\"title\"> An ocean</span><span class=\"year\"> 2023</span>, <span class=\"medium\">Clay lotas fired in sugarcane and sawdust, sugarcane ash sound</span>, <span class=\"dimen dimen-notes\">Dimensions variable</span>")
Apr 1 – Jul 16, 2023Hoda Afshar, Sancintya Mohini Simpson‘TarraWarra Biennial 2023: ua usiusi faʻavaʻasavili’TarraWarra Museum of Art
