User:Artwasane

Art wa sane really means the art of 'Sane' in a local Ugandan language, Luganda.

SANE is the art name of prominent Ugandan artist  Eria Solomon Nsubuga.

Nsubuga was born 17th January 1979 in Central Uganda to Uganda parents of different but similar Bantu tribes: a Ganda father and Kiga Mother. He married in 2011, a wife from a Northern Uganda Luo language group the Acholi.

His personal growing up experiences and struggles to fit into a society that discourages inter tribal appreciation and call each other berating names, have made him a de-facto advocate, through his art for unity among tribes in his own country Uganda. He also seeks a greater level of discovery, appreciation, understanding, and celebration among and between the diverse language and ethnic groups on the continent of Africa. Sane realises that African 'tribes' are hardly homogeneous and because of this, do not see them each other other as partners in the race to the future, but as obstacles. This is why we have all these fueled conflicts on the continent between brothers along tribal and religious lines. Sane longs to see true true African unity.

Sane is mostly a painter, sculptor and teacher.He went to Makerere University's art school, The Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art in 1998 and got a first class degree in Industrial and Fine Arts. He also attained a Master of Art in Fine Art (Sculpture) in the same institution in 2008. He currents practices art privately under the studio name; Pelepele Art Studio, and also teaches Sculpture and Painting part time at Nkumba University's Art School; the School of Commercial/ Industrial Art and Design. In 2011, he was offered a teaching position at Uganda Christian University as a lecturer in Painting and Sculpture.

Sane belongs to two distinct art movements: 'Immagine Poesias' and 'Index Mashariki', the latter being an African form of 'naive' expression that ignores Western colonial methods of art practice and philosophy. Some of the other members in this think tank are Henry Mujunga, Ronex Ahimbisibwe, and Enoch Mukiibi. Index Mashariki instead want to use their art for advocacy against the rape of Africa's identity and heritage by colonialism, and globalization. Immagine Poesia is a more global oriented group of Artists seeking to fuse different forms of artistic expression, like poetry (spoken art) and visual art.

Condensed CV

PUBLISHED ACADEMIC BOOK Eria Nsubuga, 2010, “The Integration of Monumental Sculpture in Landscapes: A Case study of Selected Kampala and Entebbe Landscapes”, Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruecken, Germany

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011, “THE ‘GOSPEL’ OF EVOLUTION”, AFRIART GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2010, SOLO EXHIBITION, GALERIE AKKU, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 2009, “BEAUTY IN NATURE OR THE PLEASURES OF A BANANA REPUBLIC”, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2009 GALLERY 122, HANG IT, NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA. 2007 “NATURE IS...” ALLIANCE FRANCAISE/UGANDA GERMAN CULTURAL SOCIETY, KAMWOKYA, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2005 “JOGOO POLITICS”, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2004  “ACHOLI STORY”- PICKINGS FROM THE NORTHERN UGANDA WAR SITUATION, ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, KAMPALA 2003   SECOND SOLO EXHIBITION, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2002   FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 FLORENCE BIENNALE 2011, FLORENCE, ITALY 2011 EAST AFRICAN ART BIENNALE, DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA 2009 TULIPAMWE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS EXHIBITION, FRANCO NAMIBIAN CULTURAL CENTRE (FNCC) AND GOETHE ZENTRUM, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA 2009 “MANGFOLDIGHEDEN I MODERNE, AFRIKANST KUNST” CENTRE FOR KULTUR OG UDVIKLING (DANISH CENTER FOR CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT), THORUP HEDEVEJ 3, DK-9339 DRONNINGLUND, DENMARK. 2008/2009 “AFRICA NOW! EMERGING TALENTS FROM A CONTINENT ON THE MOVE”, WORLD BANK MAIN COMPLEX, WASHINGTON, USA. 2008 “ART FROM UGANDA”, VISION GALLERY, CHANDLER, AZ, USA. 2008 “ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FROM UGANDA”, IRON HORSE GALLERY, PARK CITY, UTAH, USA. 2008 ART-A WHIRL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA. 2007 “VISIONS FOR HUMANITY”, CARIBBEAN MUSEUM CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ST CROIX, US VIRGIN ISLANDS, USA. 2007 “FOCUS ON EAST AFRICA”, RAHUSET EXHIBITION HALL, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK 2007 FABRICA: LES YEUX OUVERTS, MILAN TRIENNALE, MILAN, ITALY 2007 FABRICA: LES YEUX OUVERTS (PART OF SHANGAI e-ARTS FESTIVAL), SHANGAI ART MUSEUM, SHANGHAI, CHINA 2006 FABRICA: LES YEUX OUVERTS (COLORS (MAGAZINE) NOTEBOOK EXHIBITION), CENTRE POMPIDOU, PARIS, FRANCE 2006 “AFRICAN EXPERIENCE”,  HOUSE OF PHILLIPS GALLERY, AUSTRALIA 2005 “LESSEDRA INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION, SOFIA, BULGARIA 2004 “NETTETAL” BARKCLOTH EXHIBITION, HINSBECK, GERMANY 2004 THE BREATHING BIJLMER FESTIVAL, O-NIVO RESTAURANT, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 2003 OLYMPIC ART AND SPORT CONTEST 2004 EXHIBITION, NATIONAL MUSEUM, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2003 EAST AFRICAN BIENNALE, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA 2002 TEXT MESSAGES, DAVID YOUNG GALLERY, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, U.K. 2002 DISCOVERIES 5: YOUNG ARTISTS’ SHOW, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA 2001 WOMENS’ WORLD EXHIBITION, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA

TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS/ RESIDENCY AWARDS/ ART WORKSHOPS 2011  EAST AFRICAN ART SUMMIT, NAIROBI, KENYA 2009  TULIPAMWE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS’ WORKSHOP, OKAKARARA, NAMIBIA 2004 OBERPFALZER KUNSTLERHAUS, KEPPEL VILLA, SCHWANDORF, BAVARIA, GERMANY 2003  EAST AFRICAN RESIDENCY (KUONA TRUST), NAIROBI, KENYA

ART/ACADEMIC AWARDS NOV 2005 JOINT 1ST PRIZE WINNER GERMAN TECHNICAL SERVICE (G.T.Z.) 30TH ANNIVERSARY ART COMPETITION, G.T.Z. OFFICES, NAKASERO, KAMPALA, UGANDA DEC 2003  WINNER, THE ARTISTS’ CHOICE AWARD, ART FOR ABATO CHARITY, (ABATO ROCKING HORSE EXHIBITION) KAMPALA, UGANDA NOV 2001 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, MAKERERE UNIVERSITY OLD BUDONIANS CLUB, KAMPALA, UGANDA OCT 1995 KING’S COLLEGE BUDO ACADEMIC PRIZE (O’ LEVEL) FOR ART, KING’S COLLEGE BUDO, UGANDA

PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING ARTIST’S WORK 2011 Contributing articles in START online art magazine, Kampala Arts Trust, Kampala, Uganda 2011  Cover art and inside book, Transition magazine Issue #104, W.E. Du Bois Institute of African and African American studies, Harvard University, Indiana University Press, U.S.A 2009 “Moderne Afrikansk kunst/ Mangfoldighed og Udvikling”, med stotte fra Center for Kultur og udvikling (cku) (Danish Center for culture and development (dccd)), (afro-art.dk),  Dronninglund, Denmark 2008  “Africa Now! Emerging talents from a continent on the move”, World Bank Art Program/General Services in partnership with the World Bank Vice Presidency for the Africa region and the Biennale of contemporary African art Dak’Art, Senegal, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 2008  Cover art for the book “New Agenda for African Development: G8 Summit in Hokkaido and TICADIV”, written and edited by Eiichi Yoshida. 2008. Publisher: IDE, Chibashi, Japan 2007 Cover art for The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank book “Global Monitoring Report 2007 Millennium Development Goals Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States”, The World Bank Art Program, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 2007  Cover art for Magazine of “Ajiken World Trend” June, July and August 2007, the Institute of Developing Economies/ Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Chiba, Japan 2005  4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual 2005 Catalogue, Sofia, Bulgaria

SOME WEBSITES CONTAINING ARTIST’S WORK

http://www.sanesdemocrazedafrica.blogspot.com www.thefuschiatree.com/artwasane www.en.artists.de/artwasane.html http://eria-nsubuga.fineartamerica.com http://artwasane.livejournal.com www.kampala-city-guide.com/./Nsubuga/ www.africancolours.com/eriansubuga.htm www.facebook.com/artwasane www.artslant.com/./55873-eria-nsubuga www.saatchionline.com/profile/33354 www.startjournal.org/./eria-sane-nsubuga/