Said Adrus

Said Adrus (born 1958) be an Ugandan-born British multidisciplinary artist.Recordings: A Select Bibliography of Contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British Art (PDF). London: The Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA) in collaboration with the Chelsea College of Arts. 1996. p. 43. ISBN 1899846069. Adrus live insyd de UK, Switzerland, den oda countries insyd Europe.

 Biography 
Na Gujarati Muslim parents born AdrusAdrus, Said; Akmut, Nilofar; Burman, Chila Kumari; Chuhan, Jagjit; Ghosh, Amal; Natt, Sarbjit; Patel, Anuradha; Patti, Symrath (1993). Transition of riches. Birmingham: Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery; Smith Art Gallery & Museum; Southampton Art Gallery. pp. 46–49, 55. insyd 1958 insyd Kampala, Uganda, in what was at the time known as ‘British East Africa’. Ein family move der na e be part of de British colonial project of moving South Asian people to East Africa make dem build railways. Dem then move go Switzerland, wer dem dey still live. Adrus then move go Britain, due to Idi Amin expel de descendants of Gujarati indentured labourers, chaw move go de UK."Uganda: Forty Years After Idi Amin Expelled Asians". International Business Times. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2022-01-19.

Adrus get a BA(Hons) insyd Fine Art dem award by de Nottingham Trent Polytechnic. He be a polyglot, wey he dey speak German, French, Hindi, Gujarati den English.

During de 1980s, na dem describe ein imagery as computer paintings for canvas top. He later turn to mixed media den multi-media ways of working, dey experiment plus de moving image den screen projection. Since 2015, he dey combine ein digital media work plus various materials wey dey allude to ein voyage from African den Asian coastlines to de Western hemisphere, wey dey describe migration den emigration insyd de modern setting.

He dey reference Andy Warhol as an influence to ein collage work, wey dey compare Warhol ein parodying of Western art conventions to ein pushing of de boundaries of painting while dey keep ein elements.

 Works 

 Group exhibitions 
 1985: Eastern Views: Works by Young Asian Artists from the Midlands
 1985: Three Asian Artists
 1988: Black Art: Plotting the Course
 1988: Paintings by Said Adrus - Ceramics by Louise Block, Horizon Gallery, London.
 1990: In Focus
 1990: In Sight, in View
 1990: "Let the Canvas Come to Life with Dark Faces”
 1991: History and Identity: Seven Painters
 1992: Black People and the British Flag
 1992: Crossing Black Waters
 1993: Transition of Riches
2008: Next We Change Earth
2011: Recreating the Archive

 Reviews, articles, den texts 
 1990: ‘It Ain’t Ethnic’, Black Arts in London, no. 128, (1–30 September), 5.

 Talks den events 
 2016: Straight Outta Gyri

 References 

Category:1958 births
Category:Human
Category:Ugandan people
Category:Alumni of Nottingham Trent University
Category:People wey komot Kampala
Category:Multimedia artists
Category:Ugandan artists
Category:British people of Ugandan descent