Rose Kirumira

After completing her undergraduate and graduate training at Makerere University, Kirumira received a PhD on “The formation of contemporary visual artists in Africa: Revisiting residency programmes”. She became a senior lecturer at the School of Industrial and Fine Arts at Makerere University.

Specializing in the human form, sculpted in wood, clay and concrete, she is one of a small group of widely recognized female sculptors in Uganda. She worked under the renowned sculptor Francis Nnaggenda to make the statue of “King Ronald Mutebi” at the Buganda Parliament and “Family” at Mulago Hospital, Kampala. Her work is in private collections in Canada, Demark and China.