mercoledì 6 dicembre 2017

Two Ugandan Artists

PAUL NDEMA

(b.1979) LIVES AND WORKS IN KAMPALA

BIOGRAPHY//

Paul Ndema was born in Mbarara, the Western region of Uganda. He studied at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University graduating in 2002 with Bachelors in Fine Arts.
Ndema’s recent group exhibitions include: Kampala Contemporary, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi (2016) and East African Encounters Exhibition, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi (2014). He has also shown at Cape Town Art Fair (2016, 2015), AKAA Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Paris (2016), 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (2016) and Kampala Art Biennale (2014). He has participated in Circle Modern and Contemporary Art Auction, Nairobi (2015, 2014).

Ndema is an artist who is pre-occupied with tradition and change. His works are popular for their vibrant African Motif-style compositions that suggests an exploration of the interface that bounds Traditional and Contemporary African Art.

He has a number of successful solo and joint exhibitions to his credit.

Paul Ndema 'Come on, lets play' 2013 100 cm x 100 cm Acrylic on canvas

The Last Supper, 2014, oil on canvas, 150cm x 300cm, Sindika Dokolo Collection

Jane the Baptist , 2014

Oil on canvas

100 x 100cm

Girls That Love Jesus, 2015, oil on canvas, 163cm x 91cm

Paul Ndema, 'Fertility Gods', 2015, Oil on canvas, 150 x 78 cm, Courtesy of Nicola Elphinstone

No African Pope, 2015, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, Private Collection

Paul Ndema, St Sebastian

2015, oil on canvas, 79 x 150 cm

Paul Ndema, Den of Thieves
2015, Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm

Paul Ndema, The Devil was Black
2016, Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm

Paul Ndema, detail of Suffocating the Devil, 2016. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and NH Contemporary

Private Blessings, 2016, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, Private Collection

The Overseer, 2016, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, Private Collection

Be Like The Raven, 2016, 100cm 100cm, oil on canvas

No One's Coming, 2016, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm, Private Collection

King of the Underground, 2016, oil on canvas, 95cm x 100cm, Private Collection

Cracking the Whip, 2016, oil on canvas, 95cm x 100cm, Private Collection

The Seal of Confession, 2016, 100cm x 100cm, oil on canvas

Good Omen, 2016, oil on canvas, 95cm x 100cm, Private Collection

Title: “Sunday Afternoon"

Artist: Paul Ndema

Title: “Innocence"

Artist: Paul Ndema

Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas

Size: 26" L x 37“W

One weave at a time, Paul Ndema.

Paul Ndema, 'Wings Spread', acrylics and ink on watercolour paper, 38 x 55 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Kampala Art Biennale.

"Saint Lumumba" by Paul Ndema.

paul ndema
body and blood
oil on canvas
65 x 85 cm

Anxiety by Paul Ndema

Paul Ndema in his studio. ©NH Contemporary

DAUDI KARUNGI

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Man with the Hat by Daudi Karungi

Daudi Karungi
Born 1979, Kampala Uganda
Lives and works in Kampala
Daudi is at the forefront of a new movement to promote Ugandan art inside and outside the country. In 2007, he co-founded START, a journal of arts and culture criticism that is the first ever publication of its kind in Uganda. His a founding member of the Kampala Arts Trust, a coalition of artists and art appreciators in the country and elsewhere who are working toward the dream of establishing a modern art museum in the country. It will facilitate research, exchange programs and training as well as offering a state-of-the-art exhibition space for local works. In 2014 he started the 1^st Kampala Art Biennale 2014 and worked as the Artistic Director.
Born in Kampala, Daudi went to the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts at Makerere University. Afriart Gallery, which he founded in 2002, is now Uganda’s leading gallery. It remains devoted to developing and promoting homegrown visual artistic talent and in recent years has hosted readings by local fiction writers and other events that promote the work of Ugandans working in the creative arts. Daudi is involved in a number of innovative cross-media collaborations, such as a project using original art illustrations to promote reading among secondary school students, The paint the music project (a fusion of music and art), All color No color (a project that is aimed at breaking racial barriers), Spear and Shield bearers (a photography project celebrating significant women in Uganda).