David Kibuuka

”I'm never satisfied that I've done all I can to help bring the world together through my art.”

Painting the world around him, such as women in the marketplace, workers in the fields, dancers and musicians, Kibuuka combines East African culture and tradition with modernism in a unique way.  His technique of fragmentation, breaking an image into smaller geometric components, gives us a fresh perspective on African life and culture.  Kibuuka uses fragmentation to reassemble images into striking visions of colors, forms and motion.   In addition, the artist possesses an acute eye for capturing details, thus wedding his modern techniques with a sense of realism.  Truly a gifted artist, his vision is not only extraordinary, but also unique among contemporary African artists.

Kibuuka has exhibited widely in the United States, Canada and East Africa.  His works are in the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Center for East Africa, San Francisco, CA.  His works have also been collected by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Dionne Warwick, Lennox Lewis, Jessie Jackson and Debbie Allen.

Deep Thoughts, 2000

26" x 20", hand enhanced lithograph