Eria 'Sane' Nsubuga

Date of Birth: 17th Jan 1979
Place of Birth: Mpigi,Uganda

Am a Visual Artist mostly doing painting. My style is what some Artists in Uganda choose to call 'Indigenous Expression', a term coined by Ugandan artists Henry Mujunga and Stephen Kasumba to refer to those artists who paint with what raw energy and flair that's integral to their indigenous nature. They seek to disregard rules and doctrines on artistic representation. If you love almost naive, illustrative work, then perhaps you'll like what I do. Am inspired by artists Joan Miro, Picasso, Romano Lutwama, Paul Klee, Stephen Kasumba, Henry Mujunga, Nabuulime, Nnaggenda, Rose Kirumira, Kizito Maria Kasule,and George Kyeyune. I also do Sculpture,and Printmaking. Am also a singer and songwriter.

Am inspired by Nature, Human activity,local and World Political issues such as Trade and Economic development, Racism, Homosexuality, Climate change, the Metaphysical (dreams),and the Bible.

At the moment two important but related issues hang over my Ugandan head. The first is the looming decimation of the largest tropical rain forest in East Africa, the Mabira forest in order for sugar cane to be produced due to increasing demand for sugar in Uganda and the new...

EDUCATION
2001-2004,2007,2008 Master of Arts in Fine Art (Sculpture), Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
1998-2001 Bachelor of Industrial and Fine Arts (1stClass Honours), Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Kampala
1992-1998 UCE (O Level) and UACE (A Level), Kings College Budo, Mpigi, Uganda
1985-86, 1988-91 PLE (Primary 1-2, 4-7), Lake Victoria Primary School, Entebbe, Uganda
1987 Primary 3, Budo Junior School, Mpigi, Uganda
1983-84 Kindergarten, Entebbe Kindergarten, Entebbe, Uganda
1979 Year of birth in Central Uganda

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 BEAUTY IN NATURE OR THE PLEASURES OF A BANANA REPUBLIC, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA
2009 GALLERY 122, HANG IT, NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA.
2008 DUNN BROS.COFFEE, ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA.
2007 AMONG FRIENDS, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA, UGANDA
2007 NATURE IS... ALLIANCE FRANCAISE/UGANDA GERMAN CULTURAL SOCIETY, KAMWOKYA, KAMPALA
2005 JOGOO POLITICS, TULIFANYA GALLERY, KAMPALA
2004 ACHOLI STORY- PICKINGS FROM THE NORTHERN UGANDA WAR...