Racheal Ndagire

2024 BlackBox Fellow

BIO

Nsimbe Grace [b. 1998] is a Ugandan multidisciplinary artist. 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.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2021

    Weaving an Afrikan Design Mat, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda

  • 2023

    Ebirungi Art Exhibition, Latitude Hotel, Kampala, Uganda

  • 2024

    Epeyonon Art Exhibition, Kiggundu Studio, Kampala, Uganda

ARTIST RESIDENCY

  • 2024

    BlackBoxt, Kampala, Uganda

COLLECTIONS

  • Private Collection

    Accra, Ghana

  • Private Collection

    The Hague, Netherlands