Mercy Moyo has exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Zimbabwe many times. In addition, her work has been included in shows in the Czech Republic, Finland, South Africa, and the United States. She is the first woman artist to win the National Arts Merit Award for two-dimensional work in Zimbabwe and has received a number of residencies. She studied at the Peter Birch School of Art and Design and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studios.
Lilian Mary Nabulime has PhD from Newcastle University, UK. Her dissertation was titled “The Role of Sculptural Forms as a Communication Tool in Relation to the Lives and Experiences of Women with HIV/AIDS in Uganda”. Her earlier degrees
including a Master’s in Art are from Makerere University. She has received a number of awards including a British Academy Fellowship, Royal Overseas League Travel Fellowship, and a Commonwealth Scholarship. Recent exhibitions include Sculptural Expressions: Women and HIV-AIDS, Makarere University; Women and AIDS, at several venues in Norway; Glasgow School of Art; international exhibitions in Algeria, Denmark, and the United States.
Rita Edopu from Uganda holds a number of degrees from Makerere University where she is presently pursuing a PhD program in addition to her Masters in Painting, and her degrees in pedagogy, counseling and technology. In addition she has attended postgraduate courses in Sheffield, England. She has exhibited her work widely including venues in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, and in the United States – New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island, Georgia and at various institutions such as Brown University’s List Gallery and Bowie State University. She is a lecturer at Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University.
Duhirwe Rushemeza has had an extensive career in the United States as well as in her home country of Rwanda. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Harlem School of the Arts, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Brooklyn; The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; and in Florence, Italy, among many others. She is in the permanent collections of the Embassy of Rwanda, Washington, DC; Embassy of the United States, Kigali, Rwanda; and the collections of Oprah Winfrey and James Cuno, director, Art Institute of Chicago. She has been an artist in residence at the Harlem School of the Arts and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and was project coordinator for the Field Museum, Chicago.
