Bathsheba Okwenje

Bathsheba Okwenje
Born1973
NationalityUgandan
Alma materRhode Island School of Design
Known forInstallation and photography
Websitehttps://www.bathshebaokwenje.com/

Bathsheba Okwenje (born 1973[1]) is a Ugandan visual and installation artist, who is a co-founder and member of the artist collective Radha May.[2] She has a Masters in Fine Art from Rhode Island School of Design.[2] Prior to concentration on her artistic career, Okwenje worked for the United Nations for fifteen years.[1] Her work engages with themes of migration,[2] feminism,[3] and conflict.[4] She uses photography as part of her installation style,[5][6] as well as engaging with the intersections between archive and art.[7][8]

Selected works

  • Kara Blackmore & Bathsheba Okwenje (2021) Repairing Representational Wounds: Artistic and Curatorial Approaches to Transition After War, Critical Arts, 35:4, 103-122[9]
  • Papa, Elisa Giardina, Nupur Mathur, and Bathsheba Okwenje. "An Interview with the Artist Radha May: A Global Collective with a Single Identity." Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies 31.3 (2016): 177-183.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Science, London School of Economics and Political. "Bathsheba Okwenje". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c "Bathsheba Okwenje — entreebergen.no". entreebergen.no. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  3. ^ Foundation, Njabala. "Njabala Foundation & Kampala, Uganda". njabala.com. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  4. ^ "It's a hard sell but Africa must invest in art and imagination". The Guardian. 2021-05-03. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  5. ^ "Ugandan female artists fight patriarchy in exhibition". The East African. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  6. ^ "The Apollo 40 Under 40 Africa in focus: Teesa Bahana". Apollo Magazine. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  7. ^ Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine; Earle, Jonathon L.; Musisi, Nakanyike B.; Taylor, Edgar C. (2022). Decolonising State and Society in Uganda: The Politics of Knowledge and Public Life. Boydell & Brewer. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-84701-297-5.
  8. ^ Kiconco, Gloria. "Communicating academic research through art# LSEReturn." Africa at LSE (2018).
  9. ^ Blackmore, Kara; Okwenje, Bathsheba (2021-07-04). "Repairing Representational Wounds: Artistic and Curatorial Approaches to Transition After War". Critical Arts. 35 (4): 103–122. doi:10.1080/02560046.2021.1998174. ISSN 0256-0046.
  10. ^ Papa, Elisa Giardina; Mathur, Nupur; Okwenje, Bathsheba (2016-12-01). "An Interview with the Artist Radha May: A Global Collective with a Single Identity". Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies. 31 (3): 177–183. doi:10.1215/02705346-3662084. ISSN 0270-5346.