Sanaa Gateja

Sanaa Gateja Material: Bark cloth with handmade paper beads and acrylics Location: Strathmore Business School Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro, Uganda in 1950. He is a mixed-media artist and jewellery designer who is widely known for his signature incorporation of recycled man-made waste materials in his practice, particularly his pioneering fashioning of beads from discarded paper, which earned him …

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Sanaa Gateja

Sanaa Gateja Material: Bark cloth with handmade paper beads and acrylics Location: Strathmore Business School Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro, Uganda in 1950. He is a mixed-media artist and jewellery designer who is widely known for his signature incorporation of recycled man-made waste materials in his practice, particularly his pioneering fashioning of beads from discarded paper, which earned him …

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Sanaa Gajeta

Sanaa Gateja Material: Acrylic on bark cloth Location: Strathmore Business School Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro Uganda in 1950 where he completed his early education: In 1970 he moved to Mombasa where he started Studio Sanaa, the first Art and Crafts Gallery in the old which expanded into Fort Jesus Museum in 1974. In 1976, Sanaa opened the first …

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Gifting

Gifting  Sanaa Gateja Material: Stiched barkcloth on canvas and acrylic paints. Location: Student Center Sanaa Gateja was born in Kisoro, Uganda in 1950. He is a mixed-media artist and jewellery designer who is widely known for his signature incorporation of recycled man-made waste materials in his practice, particularly his pioneering fashioning of beads from discarded paper, which earned him the …

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Lamba Mena

Lamba Mena Material: Woven fabric. Location: Student center Lamba Mena is the most sumptuous fabric of all Malagasy weaving. Soie Sauvage (Raw Silk) in glorious shades of emerald green, deep purple, scarlet, burnt orange, walnut and ash white is woven by women. This fabric was traditionally reserved for the “Famadihany” (Turning of the dead) ceremonies when ancestors are recovered in …

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Calabash art

Calabash Art Sanaa Gateja Material: Calabash Location: Strathmore Business School The calabash (gourd) is one of Africa’s earliest cultivated plants, dried gourds come in a remarkable variety of shapes and sizes and are used for many purposes, notably for holding food and drink but also as decorative objects which are painted, incised or enhanced with burnt designs, shells or glass …

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