Photograph by Justine Darmon.Wohosheni is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Paris, France.
Her activities in music, painting, dancing, writing and photography share a common thread: the wish to dig deep and express energy.
‘Wohosheni’ is a word coming from the fictional langage of Láadan invented by linguist and science-fiction author Suzette Haden Elgin. It means “to feel part of someone or something without reservations or barriers; to feel joined to.”
Musician, singer and composer,
she released her debut album “One Shard at a Time” as a one-woman band in 2024.
With post-rock/metal energy à la Khoma, progressive influences (Anathema, Lunatic Soul) and black metal touches, “One Shard at a Time” is a collection of emotional shards, experiences of feeling broken and searching for healing.
Photography by Pierre Sopor, Verdamnis, Mécanique Ondulatoire 2025.
Wohosheni works on a painting long-term project called The Silent Score. Using old instruments gear, she captures music movements on papier as visual and unpredictable shapes.
An exhibition displaying her work happened in Paris in April 2025.
With Dysphonic Press, she does research, writing and handcrafted book making around artistic creation and feminist & queer topics.
- Verdmanis : Live Report @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire, Paris (13/03/2025)
- Metalorgie : “One Shard at a Time” album review (05/2024)
- Soil Chronicles : “One Shard at a Time” album review (25/04/2024)
- Interview Tomcat : Wohosheni : l’artiste derrière la newsletter bie et le compte Bi comme bifurquer (20/04/2024)
Exhibitions
- La Capitainerie de l’isle, Paris 4e (March 31st to April 4th 2025)
Writings, collaborations, research
Music:
- ‘Self-Producing Metal Music’: an essay about one-woman bands in black metal. Dysphonic Press, 2023.
Art:
- ‘Bi comme bifurquer’: the art of changing of direction. en cours
- ‘Data Drag’, an art project about Queer theory and Information Technology in collaboration with designer and researcher John Philip Sage. Work displayed in the ‘Art + Data’ Exhibition at Mozilla Festival 2018, in London (catalogue). 2018
Research:
- ‘La newsletter bie’ : French feminist newsletter around bisexualité+. current
Cinema:
- Essay ‘Les femmes du bus 678 (2010): un appel à lutter contre société patriarcales’, published in ‘Féminicides, Une histoire mondiale’ (2022) directed by Christelle Taraud. Initially published and available on Le Cinéma est politique. 2022
- Films & series analyses (cinema cultural studies) published on Le Cinéma est politique. 2013-2021