Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum was born in Mochudi, Botswana in 1980. Driven by a fascination with ancient

mythologies and scientific theories, Sunstrum muses on the origins of time, geological concepts, and ideas

about the universe. Her works on paper, large-scale installations, and stop-motion films are rooted in autobi-

ography, addressing the development of transnational identities, human connections, and cross-border ritu-

als. Having lived in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the United States, Sunstrum developed an alter-ego, Asme,

to convey her unfixed, evolving selfhood. The image of Asme is often superimposed with overlapping ges-

tures as a means of suggesting compounded time, illustrating her universal, atemporal existence. Sunstrum�s

landscapes also expand on themes of timelessness; she reconstructs sites both real and imagined to reveal

the small scale of individuals within the vast universe, a concept that is reminiscent of 18th-century notions

of the sublime. Sunstrum is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa.