Ahmed Abushariaa
Untitled (Abstract Composition with Figures)
About the SessionNAIROBI – Following their successful collaboration in 2025, Strauss & Co, Africa’s leading auction house, and Danda Jaroljmek, Director of Art Auction East Africa, will present Art Auction East Africa | Strauss & Co, a 67-lot sale bringing together modern and contemporary art from East Africa and the wider continent. The live-virtual sale will be held at Circle Art Gallery in Nairobi on Wednesday, 28 October, 2026, 7pm EAT. The catalogue spans a diversity of East African countries, including Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda, alongside works by artists from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Nigeria. Works on paper, photography and sculpture complements the strong painting consignment. “The selection invites collectors to discover East Africa’s diverse modernist histories, particularly those beyond the Anglophone world,” says Susie Goodman. “In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in East African modernists, with artists associated with the Khartoum School shown in museums and fairs globally. Our work as an auction house rooted in Africa is ensuring this rediscovery is not temporary. We are delighted to partner with Danda Jaroljmek in cultivating a sustainable secondary market for East African modernists active during the era of decolonisation and independence.” A preview exhibition will be held at Circle Art Gallery, Victoria Square, Riara Road, Nairobi, during the two weeks preceding the auction on Wednesday, 28 October 2026.
LOT 40
Ahmed Abushariaa
Untitled (Abstract Composition with Figures)
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
About this Item
signed; dated on the reverse
Provenance
The Artist's Collection.
Notes
Ahmed Abushariaa’s intricate works on paper intertwine elements of traditional and modern Nubian and Sudanese culture, Islamic faith and reflections of contemporary life. Abushariaa’s art practice is influenced by the Khartoum School – the modernist movement formed in Sudan in the 1960s which sought to develop a visual vocabulary reflecting the distinctive identity of the newly independent nation.
Abushariaa studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Khartoum but left Sudan in the mid-nineties and settled for some years in Nairobi. He now lives and works in Kampala, where his work has become deeply influential within the local art scene.
Abushariaa has exhibited extensively in Uganda and Kenya and has held solo exhibitions in Norway, Germany and Sudan, and group exhibitions in Canada, Denmark, Monaco and the UK. Abushariaa’s artwork is held in the art collections of The African Museum of Art in Seoul and the World Bank in Washington D.C. Recent exhibitions include ARCOlisboa, Johannesburg Biennale, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, all 2020, and Rendezvous, a group exhibition at Afriart Gallery, Kampala in 2021.
Biography courtesy of Circle Art Gallery.
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