Past
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A Walk in Makindye
Mona Taha 18 Apr - 13 Jun 2026 This new body of work by Mona Taha emerges from repeated walks through Makindye, the Kampala neighborhood where she moves between home and studio along quiet roads lined with trees, undergrowth, birds, and small animals. In these daily passages through a green and lived-in part of the city, observation becomes... Read more -
From Addis to Kampala: A Sensory Geography
Fiker Solomon 24 Nov 2025 - 28 Feb 2026 From Addis to Kampala: A Sensory Geography , Fiker Solomon's first solo exhibition, is a meditation on nature, place, and transformation. It all began with the artist's personal journey of relocating from her hometown, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to her current chosen home in Kampala, Uganda. While this movement was, on... Read more -
Fabric of our Being
April Kamunde 20 Sep - 8 Nov 2025 From June to August 2025, The African Arts Trust (TAAT) in Nairobi presented the inaugural solo exhibition of Kenyan artist April Kamunde (b. 1988, Nairobi). From September to November 2025 the exhibition travels to Uganda - an artistic 'homecoming' of sorts, as Kamunde began her full-time practice through a residency... Read more -
Undone
Charlene Komuntale & Sarah Waiswa 26 Jul - 6 Sep 2025 In 'Undone', artists Carlene Komuntale and Sarah Waiswa present a powerful meditation on the layered negotiations of womanhood in the face of cultural, historical, and systemic constraints. Their practices, distinct yet in deep dialogue, offer slow, deliberate responses to entrenched ideologies: responses that unravel the myths, aesthetics, and expectations that... Read more
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Tides of Being
Sungi Mlengeya 10 Apr - 3 May 2025 Water is boundless. It echoes continuity and the vastness of existence. It distorts, reflects, and reveals. In Tides of Being, Sungi Mlengeya explores the fluid relationship between body and water-between expanse and closeness, stillness and motion. This exhibition marks a pivotal moment in Sungi's practice, coinciding with the publication of... Read more -
The Quiet Weight of Thought
Daniel Atenyi & Richard Atugonza 22 Mar - 17 May 2025 Feeling that a weight has been lifted off one's shoulders for overcoming a burden, butterflies in the stomach for being in love or a heavy heart for expressing deep sadness or sorrow; language is a testament to how emotions are not only expressed through bodily sensations but at times literally... Read more -
Henry Mzili Mujunga
25 Years: 1999 - 2024 23 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 Afriart Gallery presents a landmark exhibition celebrating Henry Mzili Mujunga's extensive body of work, which spans an impressive 25 years of artistic practice. This exhibition features never-before-seen new pieces alongside a retrospective look at his earlier explorations in printmaking, mixed media painting, and others. Mzili's artistic journey is characterized by... Read more -
Surfaces 3
Group Exhibition 5 Oct - 9 Nov 2024 Participating Artists: Andema Jean, Akeu Lyton Mable, Esra Rahma, Henry Kiyingi, Kaboyo Treavor, Kamahungye Precious, Kashushu, Nelson Ijakaa, Nicole Remus, Nshekanabo Peter, Ogwado Joachim, Rhona Nantege, Shalom Nicolette, Victor Banyewesize, Wamala Nyanzi After more than 2 months of hard work and dedication, the artists of Surfaces 3 are now ready... Read more
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Beyond Sculpture
Donald Wasswa, Dr Lilian Nabulime, Odur Ronald & Xenson 27 Jul - 7 Sep 2024 This exhibition shows a selection of artworks by Donald Wasswa, Dr Lilian Nabulime, Odur Ronald and Xenson whose work present different approaches towards three-dimensionality in contemporary art from Uganda. From traditional sculpture to multi-media installation - 'Beyond Sculpture' aims to explore and encourage conversations between sculptural expression and other art... Read more -
A Break in Continuity
Daniel Atenyi 25 Apr - 31 May 2024 In 'A Break in Continuity,' I present an exploration of human emotion through a series of new works on paper. Drawing from memory of personal experiences, I use charcoal, pastel and coffee wash to create portraits conjured from my imagination while including a few self-portraits. I explore my own interpretation... Read more -
Form and Fantasy
Kaleab Abate, Daniel Atenyi, Kidane Getaw, Selome Muleta, Sherie Margaret Ngigi & Emmie Nume 23 Mar - 8 Jun 2024 This exhibition explores the intersections between figurative and formal abstraction and the realm of imagination - the dreamlike, fantasy, fiction. It brings together artists whose works on show blur the lines between reality and the subconscious. The dreamlike and the fantastical are central themes in this exhibition. By using abstract... Read more -
Human Nature
Richard Atugonza 13 Jan - 9 Mar 2024 Upon entering Richard Atugonza's debut solo exhibition at Afriart Gallery, you are immersing yourself into a world of symbiosis - of being human, and of being nature. Pondering upon navigating life's struggles, and attempting to find ways to embrace the highs and lows life is made of, Atugonza made a... Read more
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Sit with Me - The Diary of a Free Thinker
Charlene Komuntale 16 Sep - 20 Dec 2023 Sitting is a fundamental human action that signifies rest, reflection, and engagement with oneself and others.The simple act of sitting together can symbolize companionship, support, and the willingness to engage in conversation or connection. While sharing a space with her work, Charlene Komuntale invites us, quite literally as well as... Read more -
Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa
Group Exhibition at Addis Fine Art, London 1 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 'Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa' is a group show featuring eighteen artists from Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda, Eritrea, and Sudan. This survey exhibition aims to foster dialogues and highlight synergies between artists and galleries working in East Africa today. Eastern Voices is presented at Addis Fine Art London... Read more -
Shapes of Water
Charity Atukunda, Amani Azhari, Naseeba Bagalaaliwo, Nelsa Guambe, April Kamunde, Maliza Kiasuwa, Charlene Komuntale, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Sungi Mlengeya, Mona Taha 27 May - 12 Aug 2023 Read more -
When Thoughts Attack Me
Emmie Nume 11 Feb - 15 Apr 2023 Just as in life itself, art practice can be regarded as a continuous series of making decisions. Though not all decisions are made consciously, or else, we would spend much of our lifetime contemplating and overthinking our next moves. Where within us and how, when not in our conscious mind,... Read more
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Walking the Edge
April Kamunde, Boniface Maina, Elias Mung’ora, Florence Wangui, Lemek Sompoika, Onyis Martin, Paul Onditi, Peterson Kamwathi 26 Nov 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 Walking the Edge is a group exhibition showcasing eight artists from, and currently based in Kenya. As diverse as their artistic practice is, they are, however, united by their extraordinary ways to explore their subject matter intellectually and poetically, and courageously pushing boundaries of the known and familiar for themselves... Read more -
Don't Try, Don't Not Try
Sungi Mlengeya 20 - 28 Sep 2022 B.LA Art Foundation is pleased to announce Sungi Mlengeya's first ever solo exhibition in Austria. The Tanzanian born artist will present a series of eight works specifically created for her exhibition at B.LA Art Foundation's new temporary gallery space in Vienna (Forum am Schillerplatz, Robert Stolz Platz 3). Mlengeya has... Read more -
Kaddugalamukatale
Xenson 20 Aug - 28 Oct 2022 The term Kaddugalamukatale is made up of three Luganda words: 'Kaddugala mu katale', which literally translates into 'the Black person in the (physical) marketplace', or in a more abstract sense 'the Black person's place in economy'. However, when looking closer into the etymology of 'kaddugala', one notices two familiar terms:... Read more -
(Un)choreographed
Sungi Mlengeya 20 Jun - 24 Jul 2022 Developed in partnership between Afriart Gallery and The Africa Centre, Tanzanian artist Sungi Mlengeya's debut London solo show '(Un)choreographed' pays homage to the vivid history of dance and the myriad of ways that dance creates liberation for women across Africa and its Diaspora. Curated by Tammi Bello and Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi,... Read more
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Where the Wild Things Are
Charlene Komuntale, Emmie Nume, Mona Taha , Odur Ronald, Richard Atugonza, Switzin Twikirize 9 Apr - 11 Jun 2022 'Where the Wild Things are' is a space, a mindset, a refuge and a force, which, in this exhibition, manifests as a diverse selection of artworks by young and emerging artists from Uganda. Being a young artist living and working in an African country remains a challenging endeavor. One thing... Read more -
Radical Care
Sanaa Gateja 26 Jan - 26 Mar 2022 Sanaa Gateja's most recent work, created during and influenced by the experience of the pandemic, materializes processes of radical care. Care, here, extends far beyond 'being careful' or 'to care'. Beginning from the 1980s, philosophers and psychologists have started shaping what has been coined as 'ethics of care' or 'care... Read more -
Iwang Sawa
Acaye Kerunen 18 Sep - 28 Oct 2021 Iwang Sawa (Alur for: 'In the eye of time') showcases contemporary artworks and installations which are made out of natural fibres like banana fibre, palm leaves, sisal, raffia, stripped sorghum stems and reeds. These materials are traditionally used by Ugandan artisans to create everyday functional objects like mats and baskets.... Read more -
I draw, therefore I think
Emmie Nume | SOUTH SOUTH Platform 11 Sep - 11 Nov 2021 Experience the work of Emmie Nume alongside 60 artists across 29 countries from 28 galleries in their reflections on the relationship between drawing, the production of ideas and the evolutionary aspects of existence. This drawing project is prompted by Charles Darwin’s 1837 sketch ‘Tree of Life’ in which he scribbled... Read more
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Just Disruptions
Sungi Mlengeya 19 Jun - 19 Aug 2021 'Just Disruptions' is Sungi Mlengeya's debut solo exhibition. The show marks a cornerstone in the prolific career of the Tanzanian, Kampala-based artist. Just Disruptions is an invitation to look closely and intently at Sungi Mlengeya's canonical works. She has developed a distinct style, striking a balance between scarcity and abundance... Read more -
Rendezvous
Abushariaa Ahmed, Salah Elmur, Eltayeb Dawelbait, Hussein Halfawi 20 Mar - 20 May 2021 Abushariaa Ahmed, Salah Elmur, Eltayeb Dawelbait, and Hussein Halfawi, met for the first time at the College of Fine and Applied Arts Khartoum - Sudan, in the 1980s, as art students. The college is also known for the Khartoum School a modernist art movement formed in Sudan in 1960 that... Read more -
Down in Napak
Donald Wasswa 14 Nov 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 Waswad's body of work traverses the worlds of art, architecture and design as a mutation of different life forms. His series of sculptures capture the relationship between the organic and geometric and proposes an evolutionary curve in variable forms of life that are ambiguously animated at the crossroads of the... Read more -
(Im)perfections
Richard Atugonza & Odur Ronald 26 Sep - 5 Nov 2020 (Im)perfections shows work of two Ugandan artists, Atugonza Richard and Odur Ronald, who have recently completed a residency with Afriart Gallery's Residency Program‚Silhouette Projects. Most of the works on show have been produced during their residency. Perfection is static, it gives little room to feel, connect, learn, and to grow.... Read more
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Playing to the Gallery
John Baptist Sekubulwa, Andrew Arim, Stacey Gillian Abe, Sanaa Gateja, Abushariaa Ahmed, Sungi Mlengeya, Khalid Abdel Rahman, Amna Elhassan, Jimmy 'Spire' Ssentongo, Letaru Dralega, Eria Nsubuga 'Sane' 25 Jul - 19 Sep 2020 'Playing' or 'play' takes on multiple meanings in different contexts. ''Deep play has been described as a game with high stakes that no rational person would engage with according to the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. The anthropologist Clifford Geertz further likens ''deep play'' in Balinese cockfights to artworks illustrative of ''an... Read more -
Collage Broadly Defined
Gael Maski, Letaru Dralega, Eria Sane Nsubuga, Canon Griffin, Maliza Kiasuwa, Ocom Adonias 20 Mar - 16 May 2020 Collage Broadly Defined showcases the works of 6 formidable artists from Kampala, Kinshasa, and Nairobi. The artists intersect and divulge thematically in their treatment of collage as a process and a durational piece that comes to embody a transformative character. Gael Maski concerns himself with building a bridge between dreams... Read more -
Options
Ronex Ahimbisibwe 7 Feb - 6 Mar 2020 In this solo exhibition, Uganda's most undoubtedly prolific artist Ronex Ahimbisibwe presents a body of multimedia works offering different options to the viewer in light of what they see and experience. Ronex sees art as an active social agent that should educate, call for dialogue and critically articulate all the... Read more -
Seniority First
Taga Nuwagaba, Sanaa Gateja, Fred Mutebi, Stephen Gwoktcho, Kizito Maria Kasule, Lilian Nabulime 10 Aug - 30 Sep 2019 This exhibition features artworks by six contemporary Ugandan artists with both local and international recognition. The exhibition focuses on the mediums they mainly use, emphasizing the masterly handling of the techniques. Spanning years of practice and producing great works, this group exhibition is very unique. The exhibition presents Ugandan Art... Read more
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Surfaces 2 | GIR (Gender Identity Rebellion)
Atugonza Richard, Okulo Noor, Mona Taha, Sserwadda Remmy, Joji Kan, Joe Bukenya, Francis Ainembabazi, Aloka Aloka, Taneta S Phyllia, Makumbi Allan, Sungi Mlengeya, Nsuutamukama Favour, Nantongo Olivia, Luyombya Harold 25 May - 25 Jun 2019 'Surfaces' is an artist discovery workshop by Afriart Gallery Kampala. During the workshop, a month-long master class is conducted by Ugandan painter, Henry Mzili Mujunga, in which he shares ideas and techniques with young artists. In 'Surfaces 2', artists used different forms of art like drawings, paintings, sculpture and photography... Read more -
Brain Damage
John Baptist Ssekubulwa 9 Mar - 30 Apr 2019 Brain Damage symbolizes the vulnerabilities of communities standing alone. Mirror, Mirror on the wall, will all this evil ever end? 'Human life has meaning only to that degree and long as it is lived in the service of humanity'- Wole Soyinka In his work John Baptist Ssekubulwa is responding to... Read more -
Contemplation
Ronex 11 Jan - 14 Feb 2019 Ronex has created new multimedia artworks relating to personal interpretation/observation of Dreams, contradictions, possibilities, thoughts and the ideal versus reality. 'My challenge was on how to combine/harmonize 2 or more ideas to make visual sense' - Ronex Read more -
Shadows
Eria Sane Nsubuga 7 Dec 2018 - 10 May 2019 Shadows are the things that stay with us and contextualize the appetite of the present in us. We are afraid of our shadows. 'Black' people live in the shadows of 'white' people and accept their position as living shadows for whiteness. Whiteness symbolizes power in this age and for people... Read more
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What is Beautiful
Collin Sekajugo 27 Oct - 31 Dec 2018 Everyone being different is 'what is really beautiful'. If we were all the same, it would be boring. Bondage of singular Identity 'When I discover who I am. I'll be free'- Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man 1952[i] By Dominic Muwanguzi In his recent body of work, artist Collin Sekajugo delves into... Read more -
Creases and Tears
Eria Sane Nsubuga 29 Sep - 31 Oct 2018 This exhibition shows an exploratory body of work looking at tearing as an act both of mourning and as pulling apart what causes the tears. Tearing/ shedding tears and tearing/ ripping apart are synonymous with loss, anger, mourning. Sane delves into the dark world of geo-political dispossession and how to... Read more -
A Portrait of Power, Authority and Control
Arim Andrew 25 Aug - 21 Oct 2018 A portrait of the rich wielding supreme power and authority across the globe is not a novel image that anyone in the world cannot relate to today. It has been painted from border to border with the wealthy using their money to influence opinion in the political, social and religious... Read more -
Who is Your Saint?
Ocom Adonias 25 May - 25 Jul 2018 A series of artworks documenting saints in society. Ocom's new series of 16 mixed media paintings are developed from the questions, 'Who is a saint?' and 'Who is your saint?' The series is a critic of the social fundamental ideology of who is regarded as a saint and offers an... Read more
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Sculptures (1993 - 2018)
Dr Lilian Mary Nabulime 10 Feb - 31 Mar 2018 Dr. Lilian Mary Nabulime is a Sculptor, lecturer at Margaret Trowell school of industrial and fine art Makerere University and holder of a Fine art Ph.D. from University of New castle UK. Lilian’s work uses everyday objects (for example, soap, sieves, cloth, mirror, metal cans, car metal parts, found objects... Read more -
Memories and ...
Ronex 12 Jan - 5 Feb 2018 Ronex is taking stock of his previous works and using it to reinvent himself with a collection of large-scale assemblages and sculptures. Ronex is perhaps the most prolific artist in Uganda, his art career spans over 17 years and has shown his work in and out of Uganda, collected by... Read more -
Possibilities | A Design Exhibition
Peter Karyeija, Phany Collective, Gerald Kikomeko, Ronex, Thomas Bef Studio, Palletify, Troy, Design Hub Kampala, Design Without Borders 15 Dec 2017 - 2 Feb 2018 Possibilities: Unspecified qualities of a promising nature Definition: A chance that something might exist, happens, or be true: the state or fact of being possible. Something that might be done or might happen: something that is possible. Possibilities: abilities or qualities that could make someone or something better in the... Read more -
Gunflowermask
Xenson 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2017 Xenson continues to engage, challenge and startle us with his perceptive fearless representations of discourse that ignite his mind and question his role in the discourse as an artist. His repertoire of tools, alternative materials and unmasked simplicity address the everyday situations for some. Xenson interrupts our every day to... Read more
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Surfaces 1
Arim Andrew, Ocom Adonias, Farid Mahfudh, Piloya Irene, Sekubulwa John Baptist, Magala Brian Kiwanuka, Kyakonye Allan, Neema Iyer, Migadde Adrian, Leonard Opondo 24 Jun - 24 Aug 2017 A conceptual drawing workshop and exhibition mentored by Henry Mzili Mujunga Using drawing skills to create art in a more experimental way, selected artists experimented with the proper application of the elements of art such as line, tone, and texture while placing emphasis on Simplicity, Variety, and Clarity. They explored... Read more -
To Live is to Become
Wasswa Donald 31 Mar - 18 Apr 2017 In the exhibition To Live is to Become Waswad (Donald Wasswa) presents a new series of drawings, sculptures and mixed-media paintings where he explores, observes and interprets the habitation of humans in undesirable environments where both fear and desire for change arise. It is the ability of humans to adapt... Read more -
A Love that Dares
Teresa Musoke, Sanaa Gateja, Mira Nair, Joseph Ntensibe, Zuleika Kingdon 5 Mar - 6 May 2017 A Love that Dares is the inaugural exhibition at our new Afriart Gallery on 7th street industrial area Kampala location. Afriart is thrilled to announce the opening of a new exhibition and convening space on 7th Street Industrial Area, Kampala with her inaugural exhibition titled A Love That Dares, focusing... Read more -
Kampala ... A City in Transition
Taga Francis Nuwagaba 9 Dec 2016 - 7 Jan 2017 An exhibition of watercolors. Uganda's capital city Kampala was once a gazetted area for hunting and the Impala was the dominant animal. This place had many other animals like bush duikers, sitatunga, leopards, civets, and genets. Some of these species still abound but the dominant impala was hunted to extinction... Read more
