Lot 43 Ahmed Abushariaa
Ahmed Abushariaa (Sudanese, born 1966)
Untitled, 1994
Signed ‘ABUSHARIAA 94’, middle right
Inks on paper
32 x 24.2 cm
Ksh 70,000 – 90,000
(US$) 730 – 950
Provenance: Private collection
Sold Ksh 70,440
Ahmed Abushariaa’s intricate works on paper show a highly developed personal style, intertwining elements of traditional and modern Nubian and Sudanese culture, his Islamic faith and the fusion of contemporary life.
Abushariaa studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Khartoum but left Sudan in the mid-nineties and settled for some years in Nairobi. He now lives and works in Kampala, Uganda where his work has become deeply influential within the local art scene.
Abushariaa has exhibited extensively in Uganda and Kenya and has had solo exhibitions in Norway, Germany and Sudan and group exhibitions in Canada, Denmark, Monaco and the UK. His work is held in the private collections of The African Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea and the art collection of the World Bank in Washington.
This is an unusual early work on paper in sepia ink.