Lilian M. Nabulime (PhD), is a Senior Lecturer and former Head of the Sculpture Department in the School of Industrial and Fine Arts (CEDAT) at Makerere University in Kampala. Nabulime earned a Ph.D. in Fine Art from Newcastle University in 2007. Her research focused on sculptural forms as a tool of communication for women living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
Since 1990s, Nabulime has built a body of sculptural work recording the societal pressures and its effects on women and children that is unique in its honesty and tenderness. Describing herself as a ‘social being’ continuously affected by the events faced by her community, her practice offers a subjective registry of these events, the ensuing emotions and pressures, always with a look to empowering her subjects. Through her work, Dr Nabulime delves into themes such as familial and social relations, taboos, stigmas around HIV infections and experiences of young women on campus. Nabulime’s works often juxtapose reclaimed monumental tree parts and roots with found and recycled materials such as soda cans, chains and plastic. Reclamation, recycling and working with found objects crafted by local artisans have been fundamental to her practice, allowing her to fold the stories behind these objects and their symbolisms into her works.
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