Afriart Gallery

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Afriart Gallery
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Radical Care by Sanaa Gateja at Afriart Gallery in 2022
Afriart Gallery
Address110-112 Seventh Street
Location Kampala
Coordinates 0°18′48″N32°36′32″E / 0.3132°N 32.6090°E / 0.3132; 32.6090
TypeArt Gallery
Construction
Opened2002
Expanded2015
Website
afriartgallery.org

The Afriart Gallery (AAG) is an art gallery located on the 7th Street Industrial Area in Kampala in Uganda that was established in 2002. [1] [2] It represents and manages careers of contemporary artists living and working on the African continent. AAG showcases artists at major international art exhibitions and art fairs. There is a gallery space exhibiting temporary exhibitions on ground. [3] [4] [5] It is where the launch for the Artfest magazine happened. [6]

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History

Afriart Gallery (AAG) was founded in November 2002 by Daudi Karungi [7] [3] [8] [9] [10] [11] Afriart Gallery was opened at Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) show grounds in Lugogo. Its first solo exhibition was Paul Ndema on 4 April 2003. [12] In 2009, AAG was moved to its second location on Kenneth dale drive in Kamwokya. [11] [13] In 2017, AAG moved to its third location in the industrial area of Kampala in a ware house that covers 300 square meteres by 6 metres high. [14]

Afriart Gallery participated and also showcased in international art exhibitions and fairs such as Art X Lagos from 1 to 2 November 2019, [15] Art Paris 2023 from 30 March 2023 to 2 April 2023, [16] 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London and New York, ARCOlisboa, Art Basel in Miami Beach, [17] [18] and Joburg Art Fair 2016. [19]

Collections

AAG's art collection covers different disciplines such as;

Artists represented by AAG

AAG represents the careers of the following artists: Sanaa Gateja, Sungi Mlengeya, Henry Mzil' Mujunga, Richard Atugonza, [23] [24] Charlene Komuntale, [25] Mona Taha, Emmie Nume, April Kamunde, Kaleab Abate.

Artists affiliated to AAG

AAG has worked with several artists including Stacey Gillian Abe, Pamela Acaye, Collin Sekajugo, Abushariaa Ahmed, Ethel Aanyu, Wasswa Donald aka WASWAD, Edison Mugalu, [26] Eria Nsubuga 'Sane', Xenson, Ronex Ahimbisibwe, [27] Hood Jjuuko, [26] [28] Enoch Mukiibi, [26] Ismael Kateregga, [29] Joshua Ipoot, [30] Kigozi, [31] Dr George Kyeyune, [32] Fred Mutebi, [33] Amna Elhassan, Khalid Abdel Rahman, Amani Azhari, [34] Nelsa Guambe, Boniface Maina, Lemek Sompoika, Elisa Mung’ora, Paul Onditi, Peterson Kamwathi, Florence Wangui, Onyis Martin.

Projects

Silhouette Projects - Artist in Residence Programme (SP-AIR)

This is a three months Artist-in-residence program that AAG operates. It takes on selected talented African artists and supports them through mentorship programs, professional growth, artists' networking opportunities and also help them to show case their work at international art shows, fairs, exhibitions and biennales. Artists work in different disciplines such as painting, drawing, installation art, sculpture, performance art, among others. [35]

Past artists of SP-AIR include;

Vivid Synergies!

This is a project of Afriart gallery that is supported a grant by the Ignite Culture Fund: ACP-EU Culture Programme Eastern Africa starting from May 2023 to May 2024. It is a non stay-in residence that connects visual artists in East Africa that are based in Uganda who work on contemporary art storytelling with writers and curators for a period of four months. The artists can create their own schedule and meet and create from wherever they are. This program helps African artist to document, tell, share, publish and archive their art work in a self-determined way. [36]

Kampala Art Biennale (KAB)

The Kampala Art Biennale (KAB) was founded by Daudi Karungi of Afriart Gallery and it was established by Kampala Arts Trust in 2014. It happens every two years showcasing Contemporary art from African countries. [37] [38] KAB 2014 made Uganda the first country to host an art biennale. [39]

Temporary exhibitions

AAG has hosted and organised many exhibitions in its galleries and these include;

Awards and recognitions

In 2022, AAG was recognized as one of "10 Galleries that had a breakout year in 2022" by the art market platform Artsy. [81]

See also

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