High costs of materials drive artists to be more innovative

Innocent Buregeya

Innocent Buregeya at his first Mixed Media Exhibition in 2012. PHOTO | ANDREW KAZIBWE



Rwanda’s Innocent Buregeya’s works are challenging the local mainstream art scene after the Covid-19 pandemic forced artists in the region to become more creative and innovative.

His mix-media collection, occupying one section of Iteme Art Space’s wall in Kigali, attests to how recycled material can creatively craft beauty.