Our Canvas Grows From The Soil curated by Dr. Kara Blackmore Linking practices between Uganda and Ghana, the special project is comprised of artworks are all made from the medium of barkcloth (lubugo, kyenkyen), a UNESCO listed Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible...
Events and Talks
Borderlands In Conversation at the Atlanta Art Fair: Dr Kara Blackmore, Faron Manuel, and Dr Fahamu Pecou
Moderated by Brandy Pettijohn, PhD, Curator of Exhibitions, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art African Art in Atlanta Date & Time: Sunday, October 4, 202612:00 PM - 1:00 PM Location: Freeman’s Theater, Atlanta Art Fair African art is gaining prominence in...
Gloria Kiconco Poetry Reading Saturday 15th August 2026
Poetry Reading_15 August 2026_Gloria Kiconco and Borderlands ArtDownload
Atlanta Art Fair 2026
1-4 October 2026 The group presentation from Borderlands Art will take collectors on a journey from the DR Congo, to Uganda and across the globe to the UK. Alexander Kyungu Mwilambwe links African pasts to new imagined futures. He uses traditional symbols and...
Poetics In Print_Solo Exhibition by Gloria Kiconco
This solo exhibition by Gloria Kiconco considers how text and paper become staging grounds for stories about life and relationships. Each artwork holds the language of intimacy, revealing a soft and subtle way of responding to heartbreak. Throughout the series there...
The Intermingled_Revolutionary Series by Elsadig Janka
April 1 – June 3, 2026 Elsadig Janka, with his photographic series The Intermingled, documents the Sudanese revolution, providing a deeply personal and historical record of the protests on the streets of Khartoum. Through multiple exposure techniques, Janka...
Artist Talk: Confluence – Narratives of Fragmentation and Synthesis
Borderlands Art hosted a private artist talk featuring Gloria Kiconco and Charity Atukunda, two artists from Confluence, in an intimate discussion about their creative processes and the themes of fragmentation and synthesis in their work. This exclusive event brought...
Fusion and fission through art – The EastAfrican
Four contemporary artists - Manuela Lara, Gloria Kiconco, Charity Atukunda, and Elsadig Janka are holding a group exhibition in Kampala titled "Confluence: Fission, Fusion, and Creative Alchemy" that is exploring the dynamic intersections of art, culture, and identity...
Artsy Black History Month Spotlight
Screenshot Artsy Editorial spotlights Borderlands Art as 1 of the 10 participating galleries to watch!Artsy’s online showcase Black-Owned Galleries Now showcases more than 60 gallerists from around the world and the artists they platform. Read more...








