David Kibuuka

about batik artist david kibuuka

about batik artist david kibuuka

about batik artist david kibuuka

about batik artist david kibuuka

Fast forward to year 3015. Imagine being in a time-capsule and transported into a new city – you see batik monuments erected on the streets, nicely done and almost resembling art sculptures. Artists begin to speak of wax in abstract language. Instead of wax being used as a dye-resistant agent on a piece of fabric, it can be seen as borders that join different continents of the world. The rain seems like wax applied on batik fabric and a great leap has been made. Welcome to seeing things in 11th-Dimension.

A sort of telepathy occurs between David Kibuuka and his viewers. Being one of the originators of Fragmentation in Batik, Kibuuka believes that genetically, we are all artists. It is only that some of us strongly express the ability to create objects.

Born in Uganda (East Africa), David Kibuuka left Uganda in 1977 for Nairobi, Kenya, to continue his studies in fine art. Encouraged by his parents and late brother Henry Lumu to take the path of art, Kibuuka loves art as it gives him unlimited freedom of expression and is therapeutic to his soul. His late brother Henry Lutalo Lumu had a great influence on him.