Pilkington Ssengendo

Born in 1942 in Kampala, Uganda, Ssengendo received a diploma in education in 1966. Since 1992 he is the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Art at Makerere University.

His earlier works, nationally and internationally appreciated, show mainly impressionistic landscapes around Kampala in a fine technique. Delicate short brush strokes for the scenery and a sky full of lightness and grace.

Later, Ssengendo concentrated his studies on the influence of African material culture into art. He is inspired by bark cloth, a material with multiple traditional uses, made from a tree bark. He believes that the modern contemporary African artist has to understand his roots first to be confident and self-assured even when he is handling abstract and modern art which tends to go beyond figurative or narrative reporting.

Exhibitions: 

Artworks (Click the pictures to see an enlargement):

1. "Landscape in Peace" (1995) - Oil / Canvas - 116 x 124 cm
2. "Helene" (1995) - Oil / Wood - 30 x 40 cm
3. "The Beast" (1991) - Pastel - 51 x 76,5 cm