Afriart Gallery Kampala
From June to August 2025, The African Arts Trust (TAAT) in Nairobi presented the inaugural solo exhibition of Kenyan artist April Kamunde (b. 1988, Nairobi). From September to November 2025 the exhibition now travels to Uganda — an artistic “homecoming” of sorts, as Kamunde began her full-time practice through a residency at Afriart Gallery’s Silhouette Projects.
So I lie here. . .
sleeping the fatigue of questionable
upping and downing
to-ing and fro-ing. . .
Thank you for the space,
and so much else.
– Ama Ata Aidoo, A Postcard from My Vacation – for Micere Mugo (II) –
April Kamunde’s painting practice renders light in remarkable ways; with clarity, intention and reverence. Working primarily in figuration, Kamunde foregrounds moments in which African women are at rest, painting her sitters in vivid detail and rich colour highlighting relatively unspectacular moments — sitting cross-legged on a leso; basking, face lifted to the sun; napping under a tree; strolling; pausing with hands akimbo. Each scene occurs outdoors, surrounded in the green of nature.