Nsimbe Grace
2024 BlackBox Fellow
BIO
Nsimbe Grace [b. 1998] is a multidisciplinary artist from Busabala in the Central Region of Uganda. He graduated from Kyambogo University School of Art and Industrial Design as a sculptor, finding expression through various materials including metal, wood and canvas etc.
He explores themes of resilience, gloom, joy and strength – with Africa and its complexity as his dominant subject.
For Grace, one’s state of being and mind is expressed in how they show up and their interactions with others. In lieu of this, he borrows from indigenous body art, costumes, traditions and things as mundane as laughter in his works.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2024
BARE, Nommo Gallery - Kampala, Uganda
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024
Transcendence: Portraits of Our Depths, MoTIV Africa - Kampala, Uganda
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2024
Epeyonon Art Exhibition, Kiggundu Studio, Kampala, Uganda
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2023
Ebirungi Art Exhibition, Latitude Hotel, Kampala, Uganda
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2021
Weaving an Afrikan Design Mat, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda
ARTIST RESIDENCY
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2024
BlackBox, Kampala, Uganda