Sandra Suubi Bio/ cv
Bio
Sandra Suubi (b. 1990, Kampala, Uganda), is a socially conscious visual activist, whose multimedia physical and sonic sculptural works are a response to her observation/ study/ experience of popular visual culture and social practices, especially in her country Uganda. From her early sculptures, constructed from an assorted range of found objects — used plastic, tyres, metal, discarded boats, etc ¬- to the most recent wearable performance installations ( Samba Gown, 2022, Kiragala 2021) made of 2nd hand clothes, plastic pipes, used jeans, used cables, and such, Suubi broaches issues that deal as much with industrialization, single use plastic, climate change, commodity, exploitation, as with the transformative effects of the accumulation of mass produced goods, material culture and women’s lived experiences
SANDRA SUUBI CV 2022
1990
Born in Kampala, Uganda
Lives and works in Wakiso and Kampala, Uganda.
Education
2015–2018
Makerere University, Kampala Masters In Fine Art
2012–2015
Makerere University, Kampala Bachelors In Industrial and Fine Art
2007–2009
Gayaza High School Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
2004–2007
Gayaza High School Uganda Certificate of Education
1997–2003
Greenhill Junior Academy Primary Leaving Examination
Group exhibitions
2022
Climate Story Lab Africa, Docubox, Nairobi — Kenya
Defining a climate narrative that reflects our realities through the power of story.
2022
Njabala This Is Not How, Makerere Art Gallery, Kampala — Uganda
On memory, love, womanhood and activism
2021
Leral Dakar/ illuminate Dakar ( Chapter III), Norte Dame des Victores Cathedral, Dakar — Senegal
Cathedral of African Remembrance, Partcours, Dakar
2018
“THE STUDIO,” is a Libretto, Kampala, Kampala Art Biennale — KAB, Kampala Uganda
2015
Artwork book exhibition ( online and in Kampala — Uganda
2014
Ebirooto II — The Power of Possibility, Kampala Uganda, Garbage Collectors.
2014
Ebirooto I — the headphones, Laba Street Art Festival
2014
King Of The Road, Kampala — Uganda, Unmapped, KLA ART 18 Festival
2014
Ebirooto III, Netherlands, Age Of Wonderland, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven.
Awards
2022
GLF, Global Landscapes Forum, African Youth Storytelling Contest,
Residencies
2021
PAN!C, Pan African Network of Independent Contemporaneity, Dakar, Senegal
2021
African Crossroads Hybrid Residency, Kampala — Uganda
2018
32 East Ugandan Arts Trust Residency, Kampala — Uganda
2015
Kuona Arts Trust residency, Nairobi — Kenya
2014
Age Of Wonderland residency, Eindhoven — Netherlands
