ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Kuda Mushangi, born in 1995, is an artist and architect based in London. Mushangi studied architecture at the Liverpool School of Architecture and earned his Master of Architecture degree in 2020. He gained recognition as a young emerging artist through an open-call competition held by Tate Modern and Tate Collective in 2020, and his work was featured on a billboard in Brixton, London. In 2021, he was awarded the Holy Arts Art Gallery Prize and was featured in Artist Talk Magazine. In 2022, he became a finalist for The Ingram Prize, the leading contemporary art collection in the UK. Mushangi is eager to continue pushing and sharing his artwork within the broader art community.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Mushangi views his work as an opportunity to explore the emotional complexities that arise from migration. His work is deeply rooted in narrative, storytelling, and allegory. Love, loneliness, joy, and self-doubt are common themes throughout his work. His creations transcend culture; he believes that honesty, humanity, and the exploration of 'the everyday' in his artwork can unite us all and bring us closer to his artwork and ourselves. Through his work, he strives to strike a balance between depicting autobiographical narratives and evoking personal responses from the viewer.