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...
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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...
Disarming Violence_New Publication featuring Gloria Kiconco, Elsadig Janka, and Piloya Irene, written by Dr. Kara Blackmore
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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...
Atlanta Art Fair (Booth)
Borderlands Art USA debut presents three female African artists: Charity Atukunda (Uganda), Gloria Kiconco (Uganda) and Laeïla Adjovi (Benin). These artists present textiles, zines, and photography that reimagine contemporary African experiences through materials,...
Between the Trees
This immersive exhibition invites audiences into a deeply personal yet universally resonant exploration of memory, nature, and transformation. It presents three different kinds of fabrics juxtaposed together: Kyenkyen, Dawadawa, and Lubugo. Made in Ghana and Uganda,...








