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Namubiru Rose Kirumira (born Kampala 1962) is a Ugandan sculptor who works in mixed media, including clay, wood and metal. She creates reliefs and fully three dimensional works, using assemblage. Most are figurative and whimsical.[1] She incorporates "local shapes, designs and color", using "a wide range of traditional materials" in order to "make visual commentaries about changing material culture".[2]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Awards and fellowships 4 References

Biography Namubiru Rose Kirumira was born in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, in 1963.

Career Kirumira earned a Master in Fine Arts from Makerere University in 1992,[1<Rychner, Rose-Marie (1966)."Rose Namubiru Kirumira" in Contemporary Art in Uganda. Ugandan Artist Promotion Committee 1996></ref>] as well as a Ph.D. in Art Education in 2010 at the same university, writing her dissertation on “The Formation of Contemporary Visual Artists in Africa: Revisiting Residency Programmes”.[2] Serving as head of the sculpture department [1], between 1987-2011 she was Senior Lecturer at the School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University. She has participated in several international workshops,[1]and written about her experiences in a published essay.[3] Between 1986 and 1995, her work was included in exhibitions in Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]. She has conducted research projects sponsored by Nkumba University, the Makerere University Institute of Social Research Foundation, the Makerere University/ Japan AICAD Project, and the Rockefeller Foundation [2].

Awards and recognitions Kirumira is said to be one of the few widely recognized and well exhibited female sculptors in Uganda. [2] In 2012, she chaired the Kampala International Artists Festival.[2]

Exhibitions “Faces”, Tulifanya Art Gallery, Kampala,1996 [2] “Different But One”, Makerere University Art Gallery, Kampala 1998 [2] Annual Group exhibitions of “Women on the Move”, prior to 2000 [2] “Artist of the Millennium”, at Makerere and Nommo Gallery, Kampala, 2000 [2] “Personalities”, Tulifanya Art Gallery, Kampala, 2010 [2]

Works "Self Portrait", n.d. mixed media,100 x 100 cm. [1] "Portrait", n.d. mixed media, 70 x 40 cm.[1] "Mamba", n.d. wood, 200 x 20 cm.[1] Sculpture for Don Bosco Vocational School Chapel, Kamuli, 1997 [2] “King Ronald Mutebi” at the Buganda Parliament (assisting Francis Naggenda), n.d.[2] “Family” at Mulago Hospital Kampala(assisting Francis Naggenda), n.d.[2] "Mother Uganda" National Planning Authority House, Kampala, n.d.[2] "UNDP" former UNDP Headquarters currently National Planning Authority house, Kampala [2] “The Page”, Winnipeg Canada 1995 [2] “Ambassador”, USA, 1999 [2] "Omumbejja”, Denmark,1997-2010 [2] “Friendship” Changchun, China 2000 [2]

References . "Kirumira Rose Namubiru" https://cedat.mak.ac.ug/staff-profiles/kirumira-rose-namubiru/Retrieved 2020-9-21 Namubiru, Kirumira Rose (2013). "An Artist’s notes on the Triangle workshops (Zambia and South Africa)” in African art and Agency in the Workshop, eds. Sidney Littlefield Kasfir and Till Forster. Bloomington: Indiana University Press Categories: 1962 births|Living people|21st-century women artists|Ugandan sculptors|Women sculptors|Makerere University alumni|Namubiru Rose Kirumira