Collin Sekajugo

Donated by Artist

Kampala-based Sekajugo came to the attention of the international art world in 2022, when he represented his country in the first-ever Ugandan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale alongside Acaye Kerunen. The show’s title “Radiance – They Dream in Time” referred to “the essential knowledge and lived experiences of Kerunen and Sekajugo in speaking to the many different territories of Uganda, as well as to urban trade and living conditions in its urban centers.” Together with France, the pavilion earned a special mention from the biennale’s jury.

Sekajugo produces paintings of figures using stock images, often rendering subjects in stark black to interrogate Western assumptions about race.

This work is donated by the artist with proceeds to benefit the next Ugandan Pavilion.