Artwork, Film, Illustration, Collage, Mixed Media, Video,
Stories and Projects, 'A World in a Suitcase '
"I'm an artist, illustrator, storyteller, writer, film-maker, animator, iPad, reminiscence and art tutor.
The power of images and stories opens doors, places us in an historical context and helps us
make sense of the world, in finding out who we are and who we can become." Myrna Shoa.
The power of images and stories opens doors, places us in an historical context and helps us
make sense of the world, in finding out who we are and who we can become." Myrna Shoa.
I have written and illustrated true family stories, Strange Ways Stories published by Gatehouse Books.
The Sofa, The Marriage, The Box of Chocolates and Rosie & the Iron Bar
I co - wrote with author Hazel Riley and also illustrated the beginner readers 'From The Heart' series,
retelling the Greek myths in a modern urban setting.
The Sofa, The Marriage, The Box of Chocolates and Rosie & the Iron Bar
I co - wrote with author Hazel Riley and also illustrated the beginner readers 'From The Heart' series,
retelling the Greek myths in a modern urban setting.
A World in a Suitcase is an innovative mixed media visual storytelling project, conceived and developed by Myrna Shoa and Timuchin Dindjer that inspires people from diverse communities to take a fresh look at their 'Worlds' through sharing stories, art, photography, paper collage & film.
The aim of the project is to foster closer relations, understanding, empathy and tolerance between communities.
The aim of the project is to foster closer relations, understanding, empathy and tolerance between communities.
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"The Man in The Red Suit - Life is like a jigsaw puzzle is an experimental video animation, brought to life by my artwork and animation", Myrna Shoa 2020
It is a true story. We are bound together by stories, our own personal story we tell ourselves as well as our national story, of the larger world we live in, that we share with others. From the moment he arrives in London in 1976 to the time he returns to the country of his birth, Nigeria in 2016, The Man in The Red Suit constructs a narrative from the myriad pieces of his experiences to help make sense of these worlds and discover how he fits in but where does he belong? Donald is part of two worlds, London, UK and Nigeria. The Man in The Red Suit arrives in London wearing a bright red suit, but it is the colour of his skin that people notice. He is a Black man in the UK whereas in Nigeria he is a man. |
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"I created 6 drawings showing many aspects of the stories all together on one page. Like a medieval painting all things happen at the same time.
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Myrna Shoa's The Fool website is a historical record and resource showing how creative women gave birth to a successful enterprise
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The Fool a designer women’s hippie fashion company started in 1973 with a little bit of magic. The Fool caught the zeitgeist, the spirit of the time.
The Fool designed manufactured and sold colourful, flowing, lacy hippie style women’s clothes around The Portobello Road area at a time of great change. From Aden, Manchester, Eritrea, Cheetham Hill, Scotland, Clydebank, Dvinsk, Russia, Ruti, Myrna and Aury set up The Fool.
This hotchpotch combination made the magic happen brought the spark alive and created a successful entrepreneurial business. |
Can we ever convey a time that is other than the one we live in?
We barely register the changes from year to year, as like a wave rippling on to a shore the currents change imperceptibly. Our yardstick of what we think of as good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable change. Trying to express it, however, allows us to see where we are today and where we have come from, without judgment but simply to pay attention to how our thinking and worldview has changed without us noticing it. |
"As well as being an artist Myrna is a storyteller. Her prints have delighted people of all ages and cultures. But it is her mastery of colour that puts her designs into a different league from others. Her designs have a Paul Klee luminosity, with a Marc Chagall narrative content," Hazel.
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