JOURNEYS, STORMS AND RAINBOWS
Exhibition of paintings, sculpture and installations
by Lucy Namayanja
Ugandan High Commission
58 -59 Trafalgar Square
WC2 5DX
London
Exhibition Runs: 6th - 28, March, 2020,
Mon - Fri, 10am-5pm
Private: View: Thursday 5 March, 5:00-9PM
Curated by Artist Lucy Namayanja; Anthony Watson, independent curator; Dijana Rakovic from Counterpoints Arts.
I am pleased to present my first solo exhibition in 5 years with newly assembled distinctive and significant body of work focusing on industrial and natural materials using their symbolic associations to explore themes of race, sex, play, protest and social justice.
Born in 1978 in Kampala, Uganda, I am an interdisciplinary artist whose work encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture and installation art. I always credit my architecture and interior design course which introduced me to art, through sculpture, life drawing, wallpaper and photography. I earned my diploma at Cavendish Collage London, 2011. I developed an appreciation for cloths, fabric and nature from an early age.
I have taken my own personal experiences from Uganda and have added them to individual, cultural and collective experiences of the world.
SITTING ON TOP OF THE TREE
Sculptures and Installation
The works in the exhibition including self-portraits and stick figures have been sketched, observed and developed since 2010. The installation demonstrates the ability of exploration of sex as acting out of physicality and intimacy with the continuity of culture that is ever present. The sculptures are made from banana fibres brought in from Uganda, they are used in cooking Ugandan tradition food, tying knots and creating craft. There are inspired from my childhood by creating and making toys and objects using both nature and industrial materials, also through play, eating, climbing trees at my home village and later on through my travels in Africa, Asia, Europe, and USA.
Materials, Oil on canvas, sand, and found objects from, Hessian, dried insects, metal, plastics, pins, natural hair, nuts, plants, bones, feathers, cotton and seeds.
Notes to editors
For press and further information please contact the artist on - namayanja331@gmail.com
Link to a selection of images - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5fnx0l5hgy0v2me/AAABH0u89twjzecZhfKYUQfya?dl=0
To watch the short film about the artist’s work, produced by Counterpoints Arts, click link below: https://vimeo.com/123214398
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018: Round Wood Lodge Cafe, [4th/ 11/ 2018 - 31/ 01/ 2019]
2015: Things, Art Exhibition and Networking Event, at Uganda High Commission, Trafalgar Square, London [12th March - 26th March]
2014: Things, Launch [18th June 2014] by Lucy Namayanja at Hollywood Arms Chelsea, London
2014: Birth Of The world Without Borders, trail of Refugee week at Uganda High Commission. Trafalgar Square London [ 17th June - 21 June ]
2013: The Art of Living, Uganda High Commission, Trafalgar Square London [11th July - 9th Aug.],
2013: Coming soon club Wembley [8th Jan - 21th Jan]
2012: The Art of living, At The Garage, Kilburn, [11th - 19th Sep]
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015: Dis/Placed, at The Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street London EC1V 9LT [ 16 Jun - 12 Jun]
2015: Art Rooms, The cult House, [23rd Jan - 26th Jan]
2014: Group Exhibitions London [6th Dec - 30th Jun], [ 4th - 30th June], [7th May - 31th - May], [5th March - 28th March], [ 5th Feb - 28th Feb].
2014: Bar Gallery, London [ 9th Aug - 30th Sept
2014: Past/Present/Future [18th - 21 Sep], AACDD, The African And African - Caribbean Design Diaspora, at The Barge house, London SE1 9PH.
2013: The Dark Side Of Christmas, Vibe Gallery London, [21 Dec - 19th Jan]
2013: Arts Trail, The Stone Space Gallery , London [6th June - 14th June]
2012: Open Open, Swiss cottage Gallery, London [9th Sep - 22th Sep]
2011: Young Designers, Islington London [4th July - 9th July], Graduate Exhibition, at Cavendish College, London [11th Sept - 24th Sept]
Links and contacts:
Instagram: @lucy.namayanja.studio
Email: namayanja331@gmail.com
Supporting organisations:
The High Commission of Uganda in London is the diplomatic mission of Uganda in the United Kingdom.[2] It is located in Uganda House, next to Admiralty Arch on Trafalgar Square. Adding to its mission to represent and protect the interests of the Ugandan nationals in the UK, it supports cultural, educational and scientific collaboration between the two countries.
Counterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation in the field of arts, migration and cultural change. Their mission is to support and produce the arts by and about migrants and refugees, seeking to ensure that their contributions are recognised and welcomed within British arts, history and culture. Lucy has been associated with Counterpoints Arts for a number of years, and is an artist in their Platforma Arts network.
