Benon lutaaya biography of williams family

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address. Photograph courtesy newvision. Ugandan-born artist, Benon Lutaaya, was. That sense of vulnerability was so central to his work ethic and his thinking.

Lutaaya grew up in Uganda living with his grandmother.

On April 19, he succumbed to brain cancer. He was By , he was on top of his game and the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledgements, not only for the visual wisdom and freshness in his works, but also for his entrepreneurial spirit and his ability to simply be the face of young Africa. The year saw him crowned the Face of African youth foundation; the recipient of the Ambassadorial young award for the Adler Entrepreneurship Award in Germany; the young impact award in visual art for the Arts and Culture Trust, to name but a few.

In he had developed the artistic muscle and the confidence to go professional in his work and in the following year, he was the recipient of the international residency award hosted by the Bag Factory in Newtown. And the proverbial die was cast. He fell in love with the country, its people, its dynamics, its will to reinvent itself. He also co-sponsored the Reinhold Cassirer Award, established to support young artists.

With the idea to empower women to be artists without fear or shame was the mandate of non-profit cultural organisation Project Space, of which Lutaaya was the executive chair.

Benon Lutaaya (born Dec) is a Johannesburg-based, Ugandan-born artist.

Some 50 emerging, mid-career and established artist called the space, which spilled over into the Victoria Yards, in Lorentzville, home. His love affair with his material which explored the underbelly of his subject matter from the inside out, had a momentum and an instinct of its own. A humble man and a sincere one, Lutaaya remained with the gallery until his untimely death.