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Hair art, make up artistry and arts projects I’m currently working on💋
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Join us tomorrow for our pre-carnival BBQ fundraiser! Fundraising for a community-owned social centre and canteen.
• Free entry
• Piehouse Co-op, SE8 5HD
• 6pm-12am

Open decks followed by DJS:
• DJ Storm: Pre-carnival mix & blend vibes. Part 1 & 2, classic reggae, soca, latin & soul.
• DJ Sombrerisqué: Latin-Carribean fusion, focusing on dancehall, reggaeton & cumbia.
• DJ Setta: Silly billy earworms 4 the ppl

Menu:
• BBQ jerk chicken with a basmati rice Greek style salad. Vegan and veggie bbq options available!
• Flapjacks, vegan lemon & poppy seed drizzle cake, & vegan chocolate cake

Raffle prizes:
• print from @fur.me2you
• £50 bar tab from @villagesbrewery
• x2 tickets to @southbermondseyfestival
• print from freddo
• haircut from @sombre.creative
• henna tattoo from @heartnouveauxlondon
• spiritual consultation/therapy session from @laedyrasa
• one item of your choice from @jkg_organic in Deptford. (organic skin & hair care natural beauty products)

Activities:
• Kids activities - we’ll be making masks for carnival and @fortaleza.coop will be doing face painting 🦋
• We will be distributing @globalmajoritycopwatchuk leaflets and bust cards ahead of carnival helping you to stay safe in the face of heavy policing
• @lewishampeoplesassembly Save Lewisham Shopping Centre will be distributing leaflets and talking about updates from their campaign.
• Henna stall by @heartnouveauxlondon
• Tarot readings from @laedyrasa - offering a holistic approach to spiritual health, tailoring collective’s will of love to your needs ⋆˙⟡
• Stall where you can tell us what you wanna see in your future social centre and canteen!

☔️ It’s forecast to rain so bring a layer but we PARTY REGARDLESS!!! We have gazebos case they’re needed.
🍺 Please grab a drink to support @piehouse.coop who have all shown us so much support - let’s show them some support back.
🎉 We can’t wait to see you all!

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𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
Since I’ve made a strong return to socials after 4 years since posting I thought it’ll make sense to introduce myself as the creative adult Ive become in those years away!

I’m Dan ( yes just Dan jaja) I know my bio says multidisciplinary artist but in the way life has taken me it feels like I live multiple lives in one ( and I wouldn’t have it any other way)

If we follow the time line…

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
I was a teen human rights/youth climate activist, led youth climate marches across London, one of our first ones reaching over 50k students across the UK and continue using my voice and platform to speak on and share awareness.

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
Had a revolutionary recreation of a childhood movie 🌚🏛️ (guess it in the comments)
After this the Natural History Museums tie with their past big sponsor (S)hell ended!!
Viva la revolution❤️‍🔥

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
16 year old me first TV presence was in a doc with BBC on the student led climate marches ( have a lot to speak on this topic… let’s just say that).I have written pieces on my experience of longing and the effect of western climate ignorance on the rest of the world which were included in 2 books, so 16 year old me became a published author (?) and interviewee.

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
I was streetcasted and that led to my first & second modelling gig being with Adidas, first one commercial shoot for their adidas x London campaign.

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
Second one , which 16 year old me could not believe, was when I was handpicked to share my story as a creative teen first-gen migrant, one who felt too eccentric back home and here back then(!) this felt súper accepting and healing. It’s probably one of the first times I felt seen for who I am as a whole, an eccentric queer (bby then) migrant! Also south east London representeeeee! BIG UP SE❤️‍🔥

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖎𝖘 𝕯𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖉𝖔?
I had my face posted on tubes and bus stops across London! The one that

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𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 - 𝑱𝒂𝒏
We did our international putivuelta, after having a hard year as individuals, I am so grateful some of my most cared for people took me up on a care-free ( but meticulously planned by me) trip across Spanish cities, club after club, train station to beach and some how it turned into the most healing but beautiful chaotic experience. This is what being a queer latin individual is about, the pain we carry as migrants and the extensive healing we have to do to end our generational trauma/cycles , it may seem like non-sense or just dancing to some but our ancestors know how important moving your body as a community is, the amount of tension & trauma we release in the process, something Ive started calling somatic twerking. Editing is still a long process but I hope you all enjoy the journey as I release glimpses of the best birthday of my life ( for now💋)

Ps. Is about time our life and experiences are directed, produced and recorded by us!

Music: @metrikazf

#latindocumentary

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𝙀𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙮 & 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨-

@santixsanchex has done what I can only describe in 3 “words”:
iconic, revolutionary & the fashion-of-the-now,
this Mexican styled runway is so incredibly important not just to him as a migrant
but for Mexican visibility specially in London where certain Latam countries
are underrepresented, it has been an incredible experience to have seen this first hand
and to see so many of my dear friends diva-ing on the run walk.
Besitos mis bbs.💋

Forever proud of everyone involved in this project.

#mexicanrunway #fashion #latinosincreativeindustries

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Thank you so much to @britishfilminstitute and @chucha.uk for this opportunity, as an emerging creative hearing Guillermo Del Toro’s (congratulation on your BFI Fellowship award @gdtreal ) bts experience as a Latin artist/director has been so inspiring and a truly enriching experience. His words & knowledge hold so much power and I’m so grateful to see that someone at his high status freely speaks on the negligence of the use of AI specially when it comes to the arts. We must continue to create with our soul & our experiences no shortcut is ever gonna transmit that human touch. And what is art if not an extension of our soul in physicality.

Peru en la casa ya tu sabe🇵🇪

#latinosincreativeindustries #guillermodeltoro #bfifellowship

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For #earthday I wanted to unlock the time capsule and share a @letterstotheearth_ poem I wrote when I was 17, “A place I call home” (slide 2&3) I was lucky enough for it to be published alongside other youth activists.
( you can still grab the book online “Letters to the Earth: Writing to a Planet in Crisis”)

As a present homage to the pachamama I hold dearest I selected this look to begin my series of “Pachamama on canvas”.
The plant that inspired this look is ‘Calethea Makoyana’ native to the tropical rainforest of South America, which I photographed last year at @kewgardens Peruvian orchid festival.

Ever since I got into makeup my way to describe what drove that passion was that I see the face as a canvas and creating editorial makeup looks for me reflected that, my first ever “out there” makeup look I did as an early teen was inspired by the hues of the holographic green-pink tones pigeons have on their neck, nature/mother earth ( pachamama) has always been my makeup inspiration.

#makeup #poem #letterstotheearth #pachamama

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I cannot explain in words the emotions that arose from viewing such a beautifully meaningful collab on screen @nationalgallery curated by @wearesoul

Photos that were taken last summer in @n1ghtshade__ garden (model pictured above) honouring nature, the sun and their Peruvian heritage.

Photographer: @fruiiitman
Hair/Makeup artist: @sombre.creative
Photography assistant: @lawawaofficial

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Getting ready for Terrifier 4🖤🤡…
Can you guess who I’m painting behind him?👀

My cat was getting jealous over Art the clown and tried to throw the painting at me, I taught her well.

Imma come out and say that many of you don’t know I paint and thought I kept it on the dl but really spent the last couple of years so preoccupied and jumping from hobby to hobby that this is me finally using acrylics again after 6 or so years!
It’s so clear that muscle memory is a thing and I’m so happy with how it’s goinnnnn, can the movie come out NOW ( or at least as soon as I finish this painting💋).

Started July 2025

#arttheclown #terrifier #terrifier4 @damien_leone @davidhowardthornton @liquitexofficial
@winsorandnewton

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Full doc dropping in TBC 🎥…

Some how when plans are meant to happen the universe will perfectly align them for you without much thought or personal action behind them.
This birthday celebration has been the most wholesome, chaotic, energetic yet tiredsome one I’ve ever had and for someone that gets into their birthday sadness hardddd, I can whole heartly say this was my first ( in many to come) where I remained present, attentive and most of all enjoyed the hell out of it.
Asi que gracias a mis babies por joinearme en mi lokeria, for following my time schedule (or lack there of) y big up us for making it to every train, club,local y plane on time and in 1 piece porque todo siempre es DE CHILL💋

@metrikazf gracias por los temazos🔥🫦

#siemprehaciendoloquemedalagana

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Jellyfish haircut🪸 on @n1ghtshade__

Added volume and layers to the top layers whilst leaving length for versatile hairstyles (more pics revealed soon ;) )

Stayed till the end of vid for some c**** diva stand offs😡💅

Cortando pelito con asistencia de la @l0rnasf always tf

Sneak peak into my playlist for those curious onlookers😏

#jellyfishhaircut #haircut #cunty #diva

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BTS for @n1ghtshade__ promo shoot “And still, it grew” by Vittor Camila, this solo exhibition opens TOMORROW Thursday 30th 5-8pm at @filet_space until the 2nd of November 12-6pm.

Photographs taken by @fruiiitman
Hair & makeup done by meeee✨ @creative.sombre
Assistant directing @lawawa_____

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