Virtual Artist talk with Lilian Mary Nabulime

Artist Lilian Mary Nabulime will discuss her work and upcoming exhibition 

Dr Nabulime’s work is a stark observation and registry of the social experiences of her community. Since 1990s, she has built a body of work recording the societal pressures and its effects on women and children which cut across familial relations to stigmas associated with HIV infections, the experiences of young women on campus to rumour mongering.  Nabulime’s works often juxtapose monumental reclaimed tree parts with found and recycled materials such as soda cans, keys, chains and plastic.     

The talk will discuss the upcoming showcase that bring together the works Twisted Woman, Kigongo, Kizza, Babirye and Nakato, all produced during Dr Nabulime’s residency at Patrick Alan Fraser Foundation in 2008. The pieces were made of recycled materials used as symbols of regeneration, revival and conservation, all qualities that women rely on through difficult moments in their lives.

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About the Artist

Born in Kampala, Uganda, Dr Lilian Nabulime trained at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art (MTSIFA) at Makerere University. There, she was guided by Francis Nnaggenda who is regarded as one of the greatest educators and sculptors the African continent has ever produced. Nabulime obtained her PhD at Newcastle University, United Kingdom, with her dissertation on “The Role of Sculptural Forms as a Communication Tool in Relation to the Lives and Experiences of Women with HIV/AIDS in Uganda.” She is currently also a senior lecturer at the Department of Fine Art in Makerere University alongside her busy artistic studio.

The event is in collaboration with Almas Art Foundation, a London based non-profit organisation that is committed to celebrating the invaluable contributions made by African and African diaspora artists to modern and contemporary visual arts.  

AAF aims to present and create an awareness for the practices of established and mid-career African and African diaspora artists through a programme of publications, exhibitions and films, documenting these artists’ practices for a new generation of African artists, scholars and the wider international art community.  

Discussant: Martha Kazungu

Martha Kazungu is a Ugandan curator and art historian. She holds a master of arts in African Verbal and Visual Arts with a focus on curating and media in Africa from the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Several years of promoting the work of women artists led to her founding Njabala Foundation to render visibility for women artists

Chair: Dr Polly Savage, School of Arts, SOAS

Organiser

SOAS Centre of African Studies & School of Arts & Almas Foundation

Contact 

• Email: cas@soas.ac.uk

Photo by Dr Lilian Mary Nabulime