Paul Akiiki

PAULO AKIIKI a professional modern, contemporary African Artist Painter. I have a masterly grip on my canvas.
My love for Art began when I was still a toddler, scribbling on anything my hands could possibly land on.
I registered a strong zeal for this special skill and furthered it when i joined a formal Art School at the prestigious Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts-Makerere University 1994 and graduated 1998 . I pursued various disciplines like Sculpture, Drawing, Ceramics, the History of Art, Graphics, business Studies in relation to Art, but emerged with Painting as my Major.
I run UJUZI Art Studios/Gallery which I established and registered in 1999. Studios are currently located on plot 1812 Kisaasi road Bukoto, Kampala, Uganda in East Africa.
‘'I Love and admire the Dutch Master Van Gogh'‘. I am particularly thrilled by his masterly in the way he juxtaposes his pigments to trigger off endless emotions in the eyes of the observer. He mainly uses the Painting technique 'impasto' which simply refers to the application of heavy chunks of paint onto the ground or canvas.
In the Impasto technique i register my messages or iconography applying the curly-whirly approach. The technique guides the viewer traver...

I registered a strong zeal for this special skill and furthered it when I joined a formal Art School at the prestigious Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts-Makerere University 1994 and graduated 1998 . I pursued various disciplines like Sculpture Drawing, Ceramics, the History of Art, Graphics, business Studies in relation to Art, but emerged with Painting as my major.

The Artist has a huge collection of original paintings. They range from medium, large and mural size paintings. Paulo Akiiki's works are widely appreciated both locally and internationally. The following are some of my exhibitions over the last twenty creative years .

Upcoming Exhibitions
- World Expo Dubai 2021
- Hawaii Honolulu USA

Past Exhibitions
- 2017 Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo Sheraton Kampala Hotel;
- 2017 Rotary International Atlanta Georgia USA
- 2015 Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo Serena Hotel Kampala;
- 2014/15 American Embassy Kampala,
- 2012 United Nations Vienna/Vienna International Centre.
- 2012 Munich Germany
- 2011 New Orleans-USA.
- 2010 Canada-Montreal,Toronto and London Ontario,
- 2010 Vienna-Austria,
- 2008 Zaragoza Spain,
- 2008 Milano Italy,
- 2007 Guangzhou CHINA,
- 2007 Hongkong,
- COMESA Nairobi,
- CHOGM 2007,
- Collyer-Bristow Gallery-UK,
- 2006 Beijing CHINA,
- 2004 Equation Art Cafe Uganda
- 2004 Bazart France,Paris Florence,
- 2003 Uganda German Cultural Society Kampala
- Rosso Kunst Art Amsteerdam
- Niemandsland Dusseldorf,
- 2000 Hannover World Expo, and several other shows in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

A permanent exhibition can also be viewed at Pa...