Afriart Gallery

**Afriart Gallery nga mu bumpi mpi bakiwandiika AAG** kifo ekiterekebwaamu ebifannyi nga kisinganibwa ku luguudo lwa 7th Street, mu Industrial Area mu Kampala mu Uganda nga ekyatandikibwaawo mu 2002.   Kikiikirira era kiddukanya emirimu gy'abasiizi b'efinaananyi abakolera ku semazinga wa Afrika. AAG eraga abasiizi b'ebifaananyi mu  myolese egiri ku mutendera gy'ensi yonna  n'egy'okusiiga ebifaananyi. Waliwo ekifo kya webatereka n'okulagira ebifaanannyi ebisiige nga mumu mu ne webooleseza naye nga akiseera.    Wano webaatongoleza akatabo akayitibwa Artfest. 

## Ebikiwatako
Afriart Gallery (AAG) yatandikibwawo Daudi Karungi mu Gwekumineebiri mu 2002      Afriart Gallery yaggulwaawo ku kifo ky'omwolesa ekigatta abantu abeenyigira mu kukola ebintu eby'enjawulo ekimannyikiddwa nga Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) e Lugogo. Omwoleso gwayo ogwasooka ogw'omuntu omu gwali gwa Paul Ndema nga 4  Ogwokuna mu 2003.  Mu 2009, AAG yasengulwa n'etwalibwa mu kifo kyayo ekyokubiri ku luguudo lwa  Kenneth dale drive e Kamwokya.  Mu 2017, AAG yasengulwa n'etwalibwa mu kifo kyayo eky'okusatu mu Industrial Area eya Kampala mu kifo eky'efaananyiriza okubeera gyebatereka eby'amaguzi nga kino kiri ku bunene bwa sikweeya mita 300 ne mita 6 ng'oyambula wagulu

Afriart Gallery yeetaba era n’eyolesa mu myoleso gy’ebifaanannyi egy’ensi yonna n’okwolesa nga Art X Lagos eyaliwo okuva nga 1 okutuuka 2 Ogwekumineebiri mu 2019,  Art Paris 2023 okuva nga 30 Ogwokusatu mu 2023 okutuuka nga 2 Ogwokuna mu 2023,  eza 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London ne New York, ARCOlisboa, Art Basel e Miami Beach,   ne Joburg Art Fair mu 2016. 

## Ebikung’aanyiziddwa
Ebifaanannyi AAG byekungaanya bikwata ku bintu eby'enjawulo nga muno mulimu;

* **Ebifaananyi ebisiige wabula nga tebirina kyebiraga**: Ebikolwa bya Karungi byayolesebwa 
* **Ebifaananyi:** AAG yayolesa emirimu gy. 
* **Ebifaananyi ebisiigiddwa abantu abaliwo kati era nga bikwataka ku mbeera eriwo:** gamba ng’ebikolebwa Sungi Mlengeya 

## Abasiizi b'ebifaananyi abakiikirirwa AAG
AAG ekiikirira emirimu gy’abasiizi b'ebifaananyi bano: Sanaa Gateja, Sungi Mlengeya, Henry Mzil’ Mujunga, Richard Atugonza,   Charlene Komuntale,  Mona Taha, Emmie Nume,  April Kamunde, Kaleab Abate.

## Abasiizi b'ebifaananyi abalina akakwate ku AAG
AAG ekoze n’abasiizi b'ebifaananyi abawerako okuli Stacey Gillian Abe, Pamela Acaye, Collin Sekajugo, Abushariaa Ahmed, Ethel Aanyu, Wasswa Donald gwebaakazaako erya  WASWAD, Edison Mugalu,  Eria Nsubuga ‘Sane’, Xenson, Ronex Ahimbisibwe,  Hood Jjuuko,   Enoch Mukiibi,  Ismael Kateregga,  Joshua Ipoot,  Kigozi,  Dr George Kyeyune,  Fred Mutebi,  Amna Elhassan, Khalid Abdel Rahman, Amani Azhari,  Nelsa Guambe, Boniface Maina, Lemek Sompoika, Elisa Mung’ora, Paul Onditi, Peterson Kamwathi, Florence Wangui, Onyis Martin.

## Pulojekiti ezikolebwa

### Pulojekiti za Silhouette - Enteekateeka y'Abasiizi b'Ebifaananyi mu Bitundu (SP-AIR)
Eno pulogulaamu ya Artist-in-residence etwaala ey’emyezi esatu  ng'edukanyizibwa aba AAG gy’eddukanya. Ekwata lu basiizi b'ebifaananyi twala ababeera basunsuddwamu nga balina ebitone mu Afrika n’ebawagira nga bayita mu pulogulaamu z’okubbangula, okubayamba okukula mu by’ekikugu, emikisa gy’abasiiga ebifaananyi okufuna  enkukolagana nebanaabwe webakola omulimu gwegumu  era n’okubayamba okulaga emirimu gyabwe mu mwoleso gw’ebifaananyi egiri ku mutendera gw’ensi yonna, ebikujuko n'emikolo ekikungaanirako abantu ababeera bazze okugula ebifaananyi n'ebisiige.Emirimu gy'ebifaanannyi egibeera gikolebbwa mungeri ey'enjawulo ng'okusiiga ne laangi okubikuba n'engalo  Abayiiya bakola mu bintu eby’enjawulo nga okusiiga ebifaananyi, okukuba ebifaananyi, byebabajiza, ebibumbiddwa, okwolesa katemba, n’ebirala. 

Abasiizi b'ebifaananyi ab'omubiseera ebyayita mu SP-AIR kuliko;

* **2023:** Daniel Atenyi, Amani Azhari, Fiker Sulemaani. 
* **2022** : Kaleab Abate, Apuli Kamunde. 
* **2021:** Emmie Nume, Vitus Wasswa, Charlene Komuntale. 
* **2020:** Erinah Fridah, Victoria Nabulime, Odur Ronald, Richard Atugonza. 

### Vivid Synergies!
Eno pulojekiti ya Afriart gallery ewagirwa ensimbi okuva mu nsako ya Ignite Culture Fund: ACP-EU Culture Program Eastern Africa okutandika okuva mu Gwokutaano mu 2023 okutuuka mu Gwokutaano 2024. Eno pulojekiti y'abasiizi ba bifaananyi abatasigala oba abatabeera mu kifo kino egatta abasiika ebifaananyi mu mawanga g'Omubuvanjuba bwa Afrika wabula nga bakikola basinziira ku kulabikirwa nga basiinziira mu Uganda abakola ebifaananyi nga basinziira ku mbeera eriwo kati nadala okubuulira engero n'abawandiisi n’abakuumi b'ekifo ekiterekerwaamu ebifaananyi okumala ebbanga lya myezi ena.  Abasiizi b'ebifaananyi basobola okwekolera enteekateeka yaabwe ne basisinkana ne bayiiya okuva wonna we bali. Enteekateeka eno eyamba omusiizi w'ebifaananyi Omufirika okuwandiika, okubuulira, okugabana, okufulumya n’okutereka emirimu gyabwe egy'ebifaananyi mungeri y'okwekiririzaamu nga ye. 

### Omwolese gw'ebifaananyi ogubeerawo mu Kampala (KAB) buli luvannyuma lw'emyaka ebiri
Omwolese gw'ebifaananyi ogubeerawo mu Kampala (KAB) buli luvannyuma lw'emyaka ebiri gwazuulibwa gwatandikibwaawo Daudi Karungi owa Afriart Gallery era negutongozebwa aba Kampala Arts Trust mu 2014. Kibeerawo buli luvannyuma lwa myaka ebiri nga gulaga ebifaananyi ebibeera bisigiddwa ku mbeera eriwo kati okuva mu mawanga ga Afrika.   KAB 2014 yafuula Uganda ensi eyasooka okutegeka omwolese gw'ebifaananyi guno ogubeerawo buli luvannyuma lwa myaka ebiri. 

* **KAB 2014** | Omulamwa gwali gwa "Progressive Africa". Kyabaawo okuva nga 31 Ogwomunaana 2014, KAB 14 yayita abasiizi b’ebifaananyi, abakubi b’ebifaananyi, aboolsea, abakola katuni, abawandiisi n’abayiiya bonna ab’emikutu gya 2D abaayanjula endowooza yaabwe ku mbeera ya Afrika nga bayita mu bifaananyi ebikubiddwa nga babigya mundowooza zaabwe. Omwoleso gwa KAB 2014 gwali mu bifo okwali Nommo gallery, Uganda Museum, Makerere Art Gallery, Afriart Gallery, Alliance Francaise, National Theatre ne Kampala Railway Station.     
* **KAB 2016** | Kyaliwo okuva nga 3 Ogwomwenda 2016 okutuuka nga 2 Ogwekumi 2016 wansi w'omulamwa "Seven Hills". Enkola ya KAB 2016 yali ya kugatta baddukanya byabuwangwa bonna mu kitundu mu pulojekiti y’ebifaananyi eyazimbibwa okwetoloola okuwanyisiganya okuggule, okwa buli omu. KAB 2016 yaleeta Enteekateeka y’okusomesa Okukuba Ebifaananyi        
* **KAB 2018** | Omulamwa gwali "The Studio". KAB18 yakwata enkola y'omuyigiriza / n'omugoberezi okutambuza okumanya n’obukugu mu by’emikono okuva mu bakukugu abasiiga ebifanannyi ebikwata ku biriwo kati nga babigya mu ndowooza zaabwe okutuuka ku basiizi bebifaananyi abato Abannauganda, mu mawanga g'omu Buvanjuba bwa Afrika ne Afrika. Omwoleso gwa 2018 gwategekebwa Simon Njami.  
* **KAB 2020** | Omulamwa gwali "Situka Yimirira". Yaggulwaawo nga 28 Ogwekumi mu 2020. Olw’ekirwadde kya COVID-19, KAB20 yali yakumikutu gimukwanira wala era nekigoberera enkola ya KAB18 Ey'omutendesi n'omuyigiriza we, abasiizi b'ebifaananyi okwetoloola ensi yonna baabangulwa nenkola y'ekikugu ng'osiiga ebifaanannyi wabula nga kino kyakolebwa nga bayita ku mikutu gya kompyuuta gimukwanira wala oba gimugata bantu.  

## Emyoleso egy’ekiseera
AAG etegese emyoleso mungi mu kifo kyayo era nga kuno kuliko;

* *Shapes of Water* Group Exhibition, mu Gwokutaano 27, 2023, okutuusa mu Gwomunaana nga 12, 2023
* *When Thoughts Attack Me* Emmie Numemu Gwokubiri February nga 11, 2023  okutuusa mu Gwokuna nga 15, 2023
* *Walking the Edge* Group Exhibition okuva mu Gwekuminoogumu nga 26, 2022, okutuusa mu Gwoluberyeberye nga 28, 2023
* *Don't Try, Don't Not Try* Sungi Mlengeya (B.LA Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria) okuva mu Gwomwenda September nga 20, 2022, okutuusa mu Gwomwenda nga 28, 2022
* *Kaddugalamukatale* | Samson Ssenkaaba (eyakazibwaako erya Xenson) okuva nga 20 Ogwomunaana 2022,  okutuusa nga 28 Ogwekumi 2022
* *(UN)CHOREOGRAPHED nga bikolebwa* Sungi Mlengeya (The Africa Centre, London), okuva mu Gwomukaaga 20, 2022, okutuusa mu Gwomusanvu nga 24, 2022
* *Where the wild things are* Group exhibition | okuva mu Gwokuna nga 9, 2022, okutuusa mu Gwomukaaga nga  11, 2022.
* *Radical Care* Sanaa Gateja okuva mu Gwoluberyeberye nga 26, 2022, okutuusa mu Gwokusatu nga 26, 2022
* *Iwang Sawa* Acaye E. Pamela | okuva mu Gwomwenda nga 18, 2021 okutuusa mu Gwekumi nga  28, 2021
* *I draw, therefore I think* SOUTH SOUTH Platform okuva mu Gwomwenda nga 11, 2021, okutuusa mu Gwekumi nga 11, 2021
* *Just Disruptions* Sungi Mlengeya, okuva mu Gwomukaaga nga 19, 2021, okutuusa mu Gwomunaana nga 19, 2021
* *Rendezvous* Group exhibition Abushariaa Ahmed, Salah Elmur, Eltayeb Dawelbait, and Hussein Halfawi okuva mu Gwokusatu nga 20, 2021, okutuusa mu Gwokutaano nga 20, 2021
* *Down In Napak* Waswad okuva mu Gwekuminoogumu nga 14, 2020, okutuusa mu Gwoluberyeberye nga 30, 2021
* *(Im)perfections* nga byakolebwa  Richard Atugonza ne Odur Ronald okuva mu Gwomwenda nga 26, 2020, okutuusa mu Gwekuminoogumu nga 5, 2020
* *Playing to the Gallery* Group Exhibition okuva mu Gwomusanvu nga 25, 2020, okutuusa mu Gwomwenda nga 19, 2020
* *Collage broadly defined* curated by Sarah Bushra nga mulimu emirimu gy'ebifaananyi okuva mu basiizi b'omu  Kampala, Kinshasa, ne Nairobi okuva mu Gwokusatu nga 20, 2020, okutuusa mu Gwokutaano nga 16, 2020
* *Options* Ronex Ahimbisibwe okuva mu Gwokubiri nga  7, 2020 okutuusa mu Gwokusatu nga 6, 2020
* *Seniority First* (Omwolese nga guli mu bibinja) nga gulimu Taga Nuwagaba, Sanaa Gateja, Fred Mutebi, Stephen Gwoktcho, Kizito Maria Kasule, Lilian Nabulime okuva mu Gwomunaana nga 10, 2019,  okutuusa mu Gwomwenda nga 30, 2019
* *SURFACE 2 (G.I.R) Gender Identity Rebellion* artist discovery workshop nga bikolebwa Henry Mzili Mujunga , okuva mu Gwokutaano nga 25, 2019 okutuusa mu Gwomukaaga nga 25, 2019
* *Brain Damage* JB Sekubulwa, okuva mu Gwokusatu nga 9, 2019, okutuusa mu Gwokuna nga 30, 2019
* *Contemplation* Ronex Ahimbisibwe, okuva mu Gwoluberyeberye nga 11, 2019, okutuusa mu Gwokubiri nga 14, 2019
* *Shadows, okuva mu Gwekumineebiri nga* 7, 2018, okutuusa mu Gwoluberyeberye nga 10, 2019
* *Brain Damage* John Baptist Ssekubulwa | 2019 
* *What is beautiful* Collin Sekajugo, okuva mu Gwekumi nga 27, 2018, okutuusa mu Gwekumineebiri nga 31, 2018
* *A portrait of Power, Authority and Control* Arim Andrew, okuva mu Gwomunaana nga 25, 2018, okutuusa mu Gwekumi nga 21, 2018
* *Who Is Your Saint?* Ocom Adonias okuva mu Gwokutaano nga 25, 2018, okutuusa mu Gwomusanvu nga 25, 2018
* *Sculptures (1993 – 2018)* Dr. Lilian Nabulime, okuva mu Gwokubiri nga 10, 2018, okutuusa mu Gwokusatu nga  31, 2018*Memories and…* Ronex Ahimbisibwe, okuva mu Gwoluberyeberyenga 12, 2018, okutuusa mu Gwokubiri nga 5, 2018
* *Possibilities* a design exhibition, okuva mu Gwekumineebiri nga 15, 2017, okutuusa mu Gwokubiri nga 2, 2018
* *Creases and Tears* Eria 'Sane' Nsubuga okuva mu Gwomwenda 29, 2017, okutuusa mu Gwomwenda nga 31, 2017
* *Gunflowermask* Xenson, okuva mu Gwomwenda nga  1, 2017, okutuusa mu Gwekuminoogumu nga 30, 2017
* *Surfaces* abaabangulwa Henry Mzili Mujunga, okuva mu Gwomukaaga nga 24, 2017, okutuusa mu Gwomunaana nga 14, 2017
* *To Live Is To Become* Waswa Donald, okuva mu Gwokusatu nga 31, 2017, okutuusa mu Gwokuna nga 18, 2017
* *A love that dares* ogwategekebwa Margaret Nagawa, okuva mu Gwokusatu nga 5, 2017, okutuusa mu Gwokutaano nga 6, 2017
* *Kampala…A City in Transition* Taga Nuwagaba, okuva mu Gwekumineebiri nga 9, 2016. okutuusa mu Gwoluberyeberye nga 7, 2017
* *The art of cancer* photography exhibition by History in Progress Uganda (HIP Uganda) ne Dr. Marissa Mika mu 2017, ebifaananyi ebikadde ebiviira ddala mu myaka gya 1960 n'egya 1970 nga kwekuli n'ebibpya ebikwata ku kifo gyebajanjabira ekirwadde kya kookolo, ebiraga abaana n'abantu abakulu abalina ebizimba ku mibiri gyabwe byayolesebwa ku mukolo Ekifo ekijanjabirwaamu Ekirwadde kya Kookolo bwekyali kijaguza okuweza emyaka 50.
* *Crowd control - six degrees of separation* Henry Mzili Mujunga, okuva mu Gwekuminoogumu nga 11, 2016, okutuusa  mu Gwekumineebiri nga 11, 2016
* *A Bargain for Woman* Fred Mutebi mu  2012, ng'esira balitadde ku biki abakyala okuva mu Uganda byebatuseeko oluvannyuma lw'emyaka 50 egya Uganda nga yeefuga.
* *Women Artists in Uganda exhibition* i.a. Sheila Nakitende mu 2012.
* *Dances of Uganda* Edison Mugalu  okuva mu Gwokuna nga 13 okutuusa nga 30, 2012.
* First edition of the *Controversial Art Exhibition* Kampala Arts Trust mu 2010.
* *(Dis)placed* *KucKidz*  mu 2009, omwolese guno bbwa okuyamba abaana okuva mu bitundu bya Acholi abaali tebalina webabeera nga kiva ku lutalo olwali luteteddwa abayeekera b'ekibiina kya Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), nga guno gwali gwakufunamu ssente oluvannyuma lw'okutunda ebisiige.

## Engule n’okusiimibwa
Mu 2022, AAG yasiimibwa ng'ekimu ki bifo 10 ebiterekebwaamu Ebifaananyi n'okuby'olesa ebyali bisumuse nebituuka kuntiko mu 2022" omukutu gw'akatale k'ebifaananyi ogumannyikiddwa nga Artsy. 

## Laba ne

* Olukalala lw’ebifo ewaterekerwa ebintu eby’edda
* Olukalala lw’ebifo webooleseza n'okukuumira ebifaananyi mu ggwanga
* Ekifo mu Uganda ewaterekerwa Ebintu By'edda

## Ewalala w'oyinza okubigya

* Omukutu Omutongole
* Emyoleso egitegekeddwa ku AAG
* Emyoleso gy'okutunda ebisiige n'ebifaananyi egitegekeddwa ku AGG
* Ebikujuko by'okwelesa ebifaananyi n'ebisiige mu Kampala ogubeerawo buli luvannyuma lwa myaka Ebiri

## Ebijuliziddwaamu