About

Leila Abrahams is an interdisciplinary artist born in Cape Town. Her work draws from her lived experiences with chronic illnesses, survival, and grief. Amid a decade-long relationship with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Leila Abrahams was also recently diagnosed with a rare form of Tuberculosis of the heart.

Her exhibition And TB Too, focuses on the artist’s experience during the five months Abrahams was ingesting the Tuberculosis medication. This body of work reflects on the stages of the artist’s infectious disease and the medication melding within her body. These works record the moment …