Birungi Kawooya

Artists

Birungi Kawooya is a collage artist and art tutor researching ways of being well in community, inspired by nature, Black feminists and Afro somatic movement. She creates using paper, paint, sculpture, natural fibres and batik indigenous to Uganda.

In 2021 Peckham Platform commissioned Kawooya to lead one of her signature Mindful African Art workshops as part of a weekend of creative activity for The Message We Bring.

Kawooya believes that self expression is an important element of a life of joy, healing and rest; it is now crucial for her to reflect the importance of wellbeing in her work and she supports Sistah Space, a community-based organisation created to bridge the gap in domestic abuse services for African heritage women and girls.

“It has been such a joy learning about Birungi’s practice and seeing how her energy can transform a room of strangers into a space for laughter, focus and making. Her work is beautiful and playful, tapping into memories of celebratory fabrics and diaspora making home. She is a treasure and I can’t recommend her enough”

Nephertiti Oboshie Schandorf, Artistic Director of Peckham Platform

More Artists

Artists

A female with brown skin and short hair smiling holding a green plant

Linett Kamala

Linett Kamala is the Director of Lin Kam Art which seeks to enrich lives through art and education. Her socially engaged practice is deeply-rooted in community empowerment.

Artist Jessica Voorsanger smiling and holding a bunch of flowers

Jessica Voorsanger

Jessica Voorsanger is an American artist living in London. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and Goldsmiths College (MA Fine Art), and has had one-person exhibitions in London, New York, Edinburgh, Berlin & Turin.

Artist Gayle Chong Kwan holding salad leaves in a outdoor market

Gayle Chong Kwan

Working primarily with photography and installation, Chong Kwan creates fantastical landscapes and environments consisting primarily of waste materials.

Meet the team

Our dynamic team includes producers, curators, artists and entrepreneurs from our local community

Meet the Team