Umoja Prize for Contemporary Tanzanian Artist

Umoja Prize for Contemporary Tanzanian Artist (UPCTA) is a competition, exhibition and award held each year for visual arts in Tanzania. It is one of the most important art awards in Tanzania. First offered in 2007 by the Umoja Foundation for the Arts. Umoja Foundation has sponsored the event since 2007 so it is often known as the Umoja Prize. It rewards Tanzanian artists under 40 in contemporary art.

The competition is open to all artists under 40, it features artists from all over Tanzania. Its goal is to show the best indigenous art in the country. The works can be in any media, including paintings (on bark, canvas and paper), prints, sculpture, textiles, weaving, ceramics, glass, photography, digital media and video.

The first prize of Tsh 3,000 000 is awarded to the work considered the best in the show. Smaller prizes of Tsh 1,000 000 each are awarded in four categories.

List of winners
YearWinnerRegion 2007  Mussa Owiyo  Arusha 2008  Anna Maliki  Dodoma 2009  Mwahangila Baraka   Mbeya 2010  Issack Shayo   Moshi 2011  Ally Salum   Zanzibar 2012  Yohanna Mwenda   Dar es salaam 2013  Zainab Said   Zanzibar 2014  Adam Aloyce   Mtwara 2015  Sam Ntiro    Moshi 2016  Thobias Minzi    Mwanza 2017  Mwandale Mwanyekwa     Dar es salaam 2018  Hamza Khalfani     Zanzibar 2019   Adamson John     Arusha 2020   Simon Rieber     Dar es salaam 2021   Mary Chrisopher     Arusha

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