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Ugandan performance artist Xenson Ssenkaaba Samson shares his thoughts

ART AFRICA spoke to Xenson Ssenkaaba Samson after his performance 'Ensi Yaleta' at the FNB JoburgArtFair (11-13 September 2015).

Brought to the Fair as one of AfriArt Gallery's (Uganda) artists, Xenson Ssenkaaba Samson's performance speaks to issues of xenophobia, extremism and social prejudice from a deeply rooted understanding of humanities universal qualities.

Music credit:
Tyler Twombly
Song title: Background Radiation
Album: Chill Beats EP

Kampala Hash House Harriers @Afriart Gallery

via YouTube Capture

AFRIART GALLERY ALL ARTIST EXHIBITION

Afriart gallery's Atukunda talks about the all artist's exhibition currently showing at AFRIART gallery in Kamwokya. Interesting works from some of Uganda's most talented painters and illustrators.

Xenson Znja at Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session

Tontoma Poetry Jazz Session, Edition, featured Xenson Znja with his poem Kampala.so here is a short Cv about Xenson.

Samson Ssenkaaba aka Xenson graduated in 1999 from the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University majoring in graphic design and painting. Since then, his works have been shown in numerous exhibitions and fashion shows in Uganda and abroad.

Most recently, he had a solos fashion and art show called Baroque Afrique, at Village Mall, The collection juxtaposes the richest man of all times Mansa Musa1 who moved in an equally Gold bejeweled carnival like convoy. The baroque period was a well exhibition of wealth and grandeur whose main connoisseur were kings and Queens. Also in past he held solo exhibitions at the Emin Pasha Hotel and AfriArt Gallery in Kampala and at the Maritime Hotel in Mauritius. In 2010 Xenson exhibited at MishMash Gallery, Kampala, won the Fibre to Fashion Contest in Nairobi, participated in the Molato na Brazza fashion festival in Brazzaville, the International Film Festival, Rotterdam and created an installation for Bayimba International Festival of the Arts in Kampala.

Xenson is a founding member of Cream de la Mode Africaine, an association of designers from ten African countries seeking to promote African fashion, textiles and fabrics on the continent and overseas. He is also the co-founder of Ugandan Hip Hop Foundation, an association that empowers the youth through urban culture and hip hop music.

ACHIEVEMENTS

He has participated in workshops, residences and exhibitions including: Kabbo ka Muwala (Zimbabwe, Uganda, German 2016), Johannesburg Art fair (South Africa 2015), KLA ART 2014(Uganda). The Lubare and the boat, DEVERON Arts ( Scotland 2014), Institute Buena Bista(CURACAO 2014), Future of Africa summit ( Paris, Frnace) , Africa now: Fashioning personhood, Minneapolis Institute of Art ( USA 2014), Artist in Residence( 32East / Uganda Arts Trust, Kampala 2013) KAL ART 2012 ( Kampala p, Uganda2012), World Cultural Forum ( Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016)
He is a well collected artist in Germany, Scotland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, France, USA, and Canada. His works are many private and public collections including the SCOTTISH MUSEUM.

ICTAF2018 Solo Section

The artists that showcased in ICTAF2018 SOLO section were:

Maimouna Guerresi (Senegal/Italy) | Officine dell’Immagine (Milan, Italy)
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Botswana) | Tiwani Contemporary (London, United Kingdom)
Stacey Gillian Abe (Uganda) | Afriart Gallery (Kampala, Uganda)
Parul Thacker (India) | Amar Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
Keyezua (Angola) | MOV’ART (Luanda, Angola)
Lhola Amira (South Africa) | SMAC (Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa)
Lucinda Mudge (South Africa) | Everard Read CIRCA Gallery (Cape Town, Johannesburg and Franschoek, South Africa; London United, Kingdom)
Kimathi Mafafo (South Africa) | EBONY/CURATED (Cape Town, South Africa)
Ingrid Bolton (South Africa) | Berman Contemporary (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Buhlebezwe Siwani (South Africa) | WHATIFTHEWORLD (Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa)

Video courtesy of Art Meets TV

Artist : IPOT (Painter Uganda) for contact info@streetspirits.org

PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITIONS

Ugandan Artists Group Exhibition - Notting Hill Gallery UK - April 2006

Ugandan Artists Group Exhibition - Deutsch Bank Atrium -3rd-18th March

Freize Contemporary Art Show - UK 2008

Solo Arts Exhibition - Afri Art Gallery - May 2005 (Lugogo Show Ground)- UGANDA

Solo Mini Exhibition - Lafataine Restaurant - March 2002 (Kisementi) UGANDA

Illustration ILO Manual - Mekerere School of Industrial December 2002
(International Labour Org)and Fine Arts - Kampala UGANDA

Exhibition Presidential Elections - Nommo Gallery 2001


2001 through the eye of the Artist Kampala - 1st prize awarded with the paint Entitled Uncertainty

Sanyu FM Logo Design Competition - Makerere University June 2000 - 1st awarded prize Kampala UGANDA

All Artists Exhibition - Nommo Gallery - December 2000 - Kampala UGANDA

Black Face, White Masks - Eria 'Sane' Nsubuga

Eria 'Sane' Nsubuga talks about his latest exhibition Black Face, White Masks held at Afriart Gallery, Kampala Uganda (Sept 2015).
Video by Eric Mukalazi, DragonFly Media. Produced for Afriart Gallery.

King of the Peasant - His Kafuluness, Xenson Zinja.mpg

His Kafuluness the First, Xenson Zinja Kafulu. King of the Peasant

Farid Mahfudh's Interview - Part 2. Exhibition: Endangered: Passion, Concern and Dedication.

Farid started documenting birds following the unfortunate death of over two million Quelea birds by spraying at Kibimba Rice Farm, in Eastern Uganda occurred, it ignited his conservationist streak. It also coincided with the finishing of his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art (BIFA) at Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Art, Makerere University in Kampala where he specialized in oil painting and anatomy study. The latter discipline influenced his studio technique to drawing with a strong predisposition to detailing a painting – unlike the usual abstract or realistic approach.

Kampala Art Biennale 2016 - Media Launch

26 August 9.30 am - Uganda Museum
Speakers: Daudi Karungi (Kampala Art Biennale Director) and Elise Atangana (Artistic Director/Curator)

Kampala Art Biennale is a showcase of contemporary art from Africa with the goal to display, educate and create debate about the value of art in society.
Kampala Art Biennale was established by Kampala Arts Trust, a collective of visual and performance art practitioners living and working in public and private spaces within the precinct of Kampala City. It was born out of the need for inclusion faced by artists working on the African continent trying to reach the global art scene. kampalabiennale.org

FINANCIAL SPONSORS
Institut français - French Embassy in Uganda, Nile Gold, Embassy of United States in Uganda, Turkish Airlines, Belgium Embassy in Uganda, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), Mercedes Villardell, Makss Packaging Industries Ltd., Irish Embassy in Uganda, Ministry of Culture of Republic of Congo

INSTITUTIONAL & CULTURAL PARTNERS
Kampala City Council Authority, Uganda Museum, Uganda National Cultural Centre, Makerere Art Gallery, 32 Degrees East, Goethe Zentrum Kampala, Alliance Française in Kampala, Rift Valley Railways, Les Ateliers Sahm Brazzaville, Afriart Gallery Kampala and l’Agence à Paris.

MEDIA PARTNERS
Contemporary And, ArtAfrica, START (Journal of Arts and Culture)

Ziriwa - Kafulu Xenson

Xenson singing about Uganda's Economic situation currently

Your Response To My View - Ngula Yusuf

Ngula Yusuf's show Your Response To My View opened at Afriart Gallery on October 16th 2015. The artist speaks about his work.
Video by Eric Mukalazi, DragonFly Media. Produced for Afriart Gallery.

THE ART DREAM, KWIZERA EPISODE 5

With a great passion for art, spanning since childhood, Kwizera started early in life fabricating toys using metal wire, sticks and rubber for his fellow children in the neighborhood.

CONSERVATION FINE ART UGANDA

Youth are being empowered to be change agents in biodiversity conservation by the USAID/ Uganda biodiversity program.
The young generation can be influential in environmental sustainability and wildlife conservation says Sam Mwandha the Chief of Party USAID Uganda Biodiversity program.
He made the remarks at the public exhibition of Lake Mburo conservation fine art challenge in Mbarara municipality.

STELLA ATAL - Season 2 Ep. 12

We asked Ugandan Fashion Designer, Stella Atal, what was her favorite place in Kampala. She replied without hesitation that AfriArt Gallery was at the top of the list. Journey Off the Beaten Path as we explore this contemporary art gallery in the Pearl of Africa.

Video portrait: Daudi Karungi

CLIENT: Daudi Karungi

Video Portrait of an artist

Kampala, 2010

Kafuluness