Ronex Ahimbisibwe
kampala
Curriculum Vitae
Ronex Ahimbisibwe
Personal Details
Family Name: Ahimbisibwe
Given Names: Ronex
Place of Birth: Rucence, Uganda
Date of Birth: 7th December, 1977
Postal Address: ℅Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 752 537 828
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: ronex-ahimbisibwe.pixels.com
EDUCATION
1986-1993 NkoyoyoBoarding School Matale P.L.E
1993-1996 MbararaHigh School UNEB
1996- 1998 MbararaHhigh School UAE
Highest level obtained
1998-2001 Bachelor’sDegree of Industrial and Fine Arts (BIFA) at Margaret Trowell School ofIndustrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Kampala
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 sleepless nights, Afri-artgallery,Kampala
2014 circles triangles squares rectangles, Afri-art gallery,Kampala
2013 art inopen office, Kfw offices, Kampala
2013 inspired by the archive, iwalewa haus, Bayreuth, German
2012 Orderin chaos, Nafasi Art Gallery, Tanzania
2012 Ten years of creatingor wolokoso in 4 art spaces in Kampala AfriartGallery, MishMash, Makerere Art Gallery/IHCR, Fasfas Art Room
2011 RonexISMS, Afriart Gallery, Kampala
2010 Ronexvs Ronex Afriart Gallery, Kampala
2009 OrderOR chaos, Emin Pasha Hotel, Kampala
2004-2008 AnnualSolo Exhibition, Tulifanya Gallery, Kampala
2004 Soloin Aid of Acid Survivors, Sheraton Hotel, Kampala
2003 GoneSolo at Ugandan German Cultural Society, Kampala
2002 Artistof the Month Exhibition, National Theater, Kampala
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2014 klaart festival, boda boda project, Kampala
2014 Kampala art biennale, Kampala
2014 Garbage collectors exhibition, national theatre Kampala
2014 turning point withUgandan and Norwegian students, national theatre
2013 mango roses with kabirainternational school, jazz Ville hotel
2013 Africa Now, Bonhams, London
2012 Ugandaat 50, Kabira Country Club, Kampala
2012 KLAART 012, Kampala Contemporary Art Festival
2012 4Contemporary Ugandan Artists, Burning House, Spain
2012 BonhamArt Auction, London, UK
2012 Barkcloth Reloaded, Fas Fas Art Room, Kampala
2012 LabaStreet Art Festival, Kampala 2007-2014
2012 NudeExhibition, Fas Fas Art Room, Kampala
2011 SignatureArt Exhibition, Kabira Country Club, Kampala
2011 ControversialArt Exhibition, Afriart Gallery, Kampala
2011 FireworksAnnual Art Exhibition, Chartis Offices, Kampala
2011 ArtExpo, New York, USA
2010 SignatureArt Exhibition, Serena Hotel, Kampala
2010 ControversialArt Exhibition, Afriart Gallery, Kampala
2009 AfricaNow, Worldbank, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 UgandanSculptors, Makerere Art Gallery, Kampala
2008 EastAfrica Art Biennale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2008 Mini-PrintArt Exhibition, Lessedra, Bulgaria {2005-08}
2007 MemoriesOf Child Soldiers, Ndere Culture Centre, Kampala
2007 ART@ 20K with Xenson, National Theater, Kampala
2006 AAWA,Alexandria International Workshop Exhibition, Egypt
2005 EastAfrica Art Biennale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2005 AIDCHILD Exhibition, Masaka
2004 BonzeCast Exhibition, Makerere Art Gallery, Kampala
2004 KunstSupermarket, Netherlands
2003 EastAfrica Art Biennale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2003 YoungArtists Exhibition, Tulifanya Gallery, Kampala
2002 AnnualArt Exhibition, Nommo Gallery, Kampala
Catalogues
Kampala art biennale, Kampala 2014
Africa Now, Bonhams, London 2013
4 Contemporary Uganda artists, Spain 2012
KLA ART 012 Catalogue, Kampala
Art now Catalogue 2009
EASTAFAB Catalogues, Tanzania (2009, 2005, 2003)
Mini-print Catalogues, Lessedra Bulgaria, 2008, also 2005-07
Samtidskunst fra ostafrika, Denmark, 2007
Africa Now, Emerging talents from a continent on the move, world Bank 2007
PRESS (selected)
Uganda's Top 10Contemporary Artists and Where to Find http://bit.ly/1orxvK6. 2014
Ronex: Artist personified by Mildred Apenyo, in Proggie, December 3, 2012. http://proggie.ug/ronex-one-on-one/
Kampala Contemporary Art Festival: Setting new trends in art exhibitions byElizabeth Namakula, in Start, November 2012. http://startjournal.org/2012/11/kampala-contemporary-art-festival-setting-new-trends-in-art-exhibitions/
Nudity? It is Artistic Expression and Free Speech (part I) by AngeloKakande, in Start, November 2012. http://startjournal.org/2012/11/nudity-it-is-artistic-expression-and-free-speech/
Ronex celebrating his 10 years: New faces + new direction by SerubiriMoses, in Start, Aug 2012. http://startjournal.org/2012/08/ronex-celebrating-his-10-yrs-new-faces-new-directions/
Naked truths about Ronex by Dominic Muwanguzi, in The Independent, 06 July2012. http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6042&Itemid=154
Ahimbisibwe makes a decade in art by John Vianney Nsimbe, in The Observer,05 July 2012. http://www.observer.ug/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19651:ahimbisibwe-makes-a-decade-in-art&catid=63:book-review-a-art&Itemid=102
Ronex, L'Uomo Vogue, May-June 2012. http://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/people/2012/05/ronex
Bonhams 1793/ ronex Ahimbisibwe ( Ugandan, born 1977) 'am Solo' www.bonhams.com/auctions/19513/lot/1/
The Twentyfour-Seven Artist: An interview with Ronex Ahimbisbwe by Th