Nuwa Nnyanzi, the elegant casual batik artist

Nuwa Wamala Nnyanzi , the batik master and his work. PHOTO | COURTESY | ANDERSEN

Nuwa Wamala Nnyanzi. He is a self-taught artist, founder and proprietor of Nnyanzi Art Studio, a studio-cum-gallery of contemporary and antique African art in Kampala. He established it in 1992 after returning from exile in Nairobi, Kenya where he had lived for 12 years practising art as a full-time occupation.

Nnyanzi is a visual arts practitioner/consultant with a Masters Degree in Design (professional practice) from Middlesex University, UK, and has committed his life to producing, collecting, documenting and promoting Uganda’s rich cultural and natural heritage and that of the Great Lakes region.