Charity Atukunda is a mixed media visual artist and illustrator based in Kampala. Her work aims to explore and critique ideas, beliefs and systems that govern our lives. Her creative processes involve deep and extensive research to avoid taking any ‘historical facts’ for granted. Her research in turn informs what mediums, forms or materials she uses in order to best communicate her thoughts and ideas. Her style is marked by a conscious use of pattern, symbolism and mythical allusions. Her illustrations have been featured in a number of digital publications such as UNBIAS THE NEWS, CNN, Shado Mag and Vice.

GET IN TOUCH:

Borderlands Art - info@borderlandsart.com

Commissions - charityatukunda@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

2008 – 2011 | Bachelors in Industrial Fine Arts, Uganda Christian University in Mukono.

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

April 2019 & 2021 | Residency & KLA ART Labs : Uganda Arts Trust, Kampala Uganda

February 2020 | Artist in Residence, Centre Soleil d’Afrique - Bamako, Mali

2022 Winner - Uganda REVEAL, LDComics

EXHIBITIONS

July 2014 & August 2016 | Sadolin Mabarti Challenge, Goethe Zentrum Kampala- Kampala Uganda

September - October 2016 | Seven Hills: Kampala Art Biennale, Nommo Gallery - Kampala Uganda

September 2017 | Palate II, 32 Degrees East & Alliance Francaise Kampala - Kampala, Uganda

July 2019 | Politics of Return, London School of Economics - Gulu, Uganda

September 2020 | East Meets East , Cucodi Centre - Tel Aviv, Israel

November 2021 | The Transients, Kampala Arts Festival - Kampala, Uganda

May 2023 | Shape of Water, Afriart Gallery - Kampala, Uganda

March 2024 | Njabala - Elegy, Makerere University - Kampala, Uganda

May 2024 | Send Me, Borderlands, Design Hub - Kampala, Uganda

Nov 2024 | Histories of Tanzania: Context Not Available, Humboldt Forum - Berlin, Germany

Dec 2024 | Routes of Resistance: SH|FT, Skissernas Museum - Lund, Sweden

Dec 2024 | Confluence, Latitude 0, Kampala, Uganda

WORKSHOPS

2019 | Facilitator: Belonging & Learning an intersection of arts methodologies and education with youth refugees, Manchester Metropolitan , Kampala Uganda

2020 | Facilitator : Questioning the Form: Zine making as a form of disruption , Manchester Metropolitan, Kampala, Uganda

2023 | Facilitator: Collage making and Queer Perspectives on Climate Change, Leeds University, Kampala Uganda