Odur Ronald

He mainly uses aluminium printing plates by exploring its possibilities, one technique at a time by not only painting on the aluminium sheets, but also dents, burns, layers, stitches and weaves the shiny metal thus achieving texture, color, shape and character.

Odur graduated in Interior Design at Kyambogo University, Uganda (2017). His work has been featured and shown in several group exhibitions such as The Kampala Art Biennale curated by Simon Njami (2018), The East African Biennale, Tanzania (2019), East Meets East, The New Gallery, CoCuDI Center, Jerusalem (2020),), KLA ART 21, 32 Degrees East/Ugandan Art Trust (2021), Where The Wild Things Are, Afriart Gallery (2021), Our Africa Our Future, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, The 14th Kaunas Biennale, Lithuania (2023), The Republic of This and That, Solo Exhibition at Afropocene Capsule (2023), Welcome to the UK, Ugly Duck, London(2024), The 60th Venice Biennale, Uganda Pavilion, Italy (2024), Beyond Sculpture, Afriart Gallery,Uganda,(2024) and will be part of the Dak’art Biennale 2024 in Dakar, Senegal.

He is the winner of the Mukumbya Musoke Art Prize 2020 and one of the recipients of the Prince Claus Seed Award 2020, UK. He has been part of an art residency by 32 Degrees East/Ugandan Art Trust at Centre Soleil d’Afrique Mali (2020), Silhouette Projects Art Residency at Afriart Gallery (2020), and The African Union Art Residency at Loman Art, Dakar, Senegal (2022), and at Gasworks, London, UK, (2024).