Ahmed Abusharia (Sudanese, born 1966)
Untitled, 2012
signed (lower left)
pen & ink on paper
67 x 57cm
Ksh 160,000–200,000
US$ 1,820–2,270
Sold Ksh 223,060
Provenance: Acquired direct from artist by Red Hill Art Gallery
Abushariaa studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Khartoum and left in the mid 1990s, initially working in Nairobi at Paa ya Paa (Arts Centre) and later in Cologne, Germany. He currently resides in Kampala, Uganda. He developed his style in the context of traditional and modern Sudan, influenced by Nubian culture, his Islamic faith, and the challenges of contemporary life in this context.
Abushariaa has exhibited extensively in East Africa and had solo exhibitions in Norway, Uganda, Germany, Kenya and Sudan and group exhibitions in Canada, Denmark, Monaco and UK. His work is held in the private collections of The African Museum of Art, Seoul and the art collection of the World Bank in Washington.