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Theresa Musoke

Ugandan 1944- 


Best known for her expressive, semi-abstract portrayals of the region’s abundant wildlife, Theresa Musoke is one of Uganda and East Africa’s foremost artists. Her suggestive paintings merge the forms and movements of animals with their environments, developing from a process that involves dyeing canvas and then responding with acrylic and oil paint to the forms suggested by the dye-stains until they resolve into a unified composition.

Musoke’s work first began to receive attention while she was an undergraduate student at the Margaret Trowell School of Fine Arts in Kampala, where she won the Margaret Trowell Painting Prize in 1965 and had a solo exhibition at the Uganda Museum. After achieving her BA, Musoke worked for some time as an art teacher before receiving a scholarship to study for a postgraduate diploma in printmaking at the Royal College of Art in London. Following this, she went on to complete an MFA at the University of Pennsylvania.

Musoke has been a highly influential artist in Kenya and Uganda, not only for her celebrated visual practice, but also as a teacher. After completing her studies, Musoke returned to Kampala where she taught at Makerere University, before relocating to Nairobi in 1976. She lived in Kenya for over 20 years and taught at different institutions including the University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University, the International School of Kenya, and Kestrel Manor School. Throughout this time Musoke had frequent exhibition in local galleries such as Paa Ya Paa, Gallery Watatu and the African Heritage House. She facilitated numerous informal artist workshops. Musoke currently lives in Kampala, where she continues to create art. Her work was featured in the travelling group show Mwili Akili na Roho at The Royal Academy, London and Haus Der Kunst, Munich and at NCAI, Nairobi. She held a solo presentation at 1-54 Art Fair, London in 2024 and a retrospective at Circle Art Gallery in 2025.

Biography courtesy of Circle Art Gallery.

Auction records with Art Auction East Africa.


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Theresa Musoke; Butterfly I; Butterfly II, two
Butterfly I; Butterfly II, two
5 Nov 2025
Starting at KES 300 000
Theresa Musoke; Hartebeest in Browns and Purple
Hartebeest in Browns and Purple
28 Feb 2023
ZAR 100 000 - 140 000
 

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