Collin Sekajugo

Ugandan/Rwandan Artist with a social conscience
Born 1980 in Masaka, Uganda.

In 2007 after traveling around Eastern and Southern Africa on a series of study tours Collin Sekajugo returned to Rwanda with a vision of “Using Art to Change Lives”. This mission led him to open the first visual arts space in Kigali under the name Ivuka. During this time, Rwanda was seen as a new born baby struggling to reconcile its turbulent past and reconstruct itself. Ivuka whose name connotes re-birth became a center of hope for ambitious youth eager to explore life’s meaning through the arts. An incubator for creative activities, Ivuka includes a joint studio space for aspiring visual artists and a children traditional dance troupe, Rwamakondera (Rwandan horns) that brings together disadvantaged children and teaches them dance as a means of healing, educating and instilling in them a sense of hope for their future.

Inspired by the success of Ivuka and eager to extend this vision of using arts to catalyze change in his father’s birthplace, Masaka, Uganda, this self-taught artist expanded his scope to the village of Ndegeya. In 2010 Sekajugo started transforming the village into an arts destination under an initiative that he named Ndegeya ...

​ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2016    JWAR - Barcelona, Spain

2015    SpreadArt - Detroit, USA

2012    Kuona Trust Art Center - Nairobi, Kenya

2010    Arte Studio Ginestrelle - Assisi, Italy

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo shows

2018    What is beautiful - Afriart Gallery, Kampala

2016    The fist of Stella Nyanzi  - Weaver Bird Art
Space, Kampala

2013    Baba mweusi  - Ivuka Arts Center, Kigali      

2012    Sekaplastic - Kuona Trust Art Center, Nairobi

2010    As Rwanda turns - Goethe Institut, Kigali

2009    Rwandan jazz - Closer Look, Chicago

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Group shows

2018    Young guns - Sulger-Buel  Gallery, London

2017    Uhuru -  Ecclectica Contemporary, Cape Town                           

2016    Magicien d'Afrique - ODA Gallery, Franscchoek