by Borderlands Art | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Sheila Nakitende is a multidisciplinary artist and a mother from Uganda. She participated in the Kampala Art Biennale and the Kampala Art Auction in 2016. She is a recipient of the Parent residency grant from Women’s Studio Workshop New York USA in 2017 and has...
by Borderlands Art | Oct 25, 2022 | Discourse
What does a socially and environmentally engaged gallery look like? We can search and search for the right model, or we can make our own and trace the process. Art galleries across Africa are working to replicate the Euro-American model of white cube...
by Borderlands Art | Sep 1, 2022 | News
In this conversation, Claire Nalukenge learns from Sheila Nakitende about her sculptural installation at Makerere university and her general artistic practice. The conversation focuses on Nakitende’s installation titled “Abaana Ba Kintu”. This installation explores...
by Borderlands Art | Apr 21, 2022 | News
Why would an art installation be mounted in a science laboratory? The question is as much intriguing as full of suspense not only to the outsider but also to regular art connoisseur. In fact one can be tempted to conclude it was an alternative to the absence of space...
by Borderlands Art | Apr 2, 2022 | News
On April 2, I was blessed to walk through an art installation of a one Sheila Nakitende, an artist whose practice focuses on womanhood experiences, The installation entitled ‘Abaana Ba Kintu’ loosely translated as “The descendants of Kintu (legendary ancestor of the...
