Kizito Fred Kakinda
Untitled (Figures with Child and Flower)
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 55
Kizito Fred Kakinda
Untitled (Figures with Child and Flower)
About this Item
signed and dated
Provenance
Private Collection.
Notes
Kizito Fred Kakinda was a Ugandan artist and academic born in Buddu, in the Masaka District of Uganda. He obtained a first-class BA in Fine Art from the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts at Makerere University in 1994, followed by an MA in Fine Art in 1999.
Figuration and abstraction are prominent features of Kakinda’s vibrant art practice. Kakinda often incorporated decorative elements in his paintings and depicted figures in traditional attire, performing cultural or spiritual rituals.
Kakinda was a founding member of the Uganda Art Consortium and a founder of Let Art Talk Foundation, both organisations that provide art therapy programs for HIV-Aids patients and children in Uganda. Before his passing in 2022, Kizito Fred Kakinda was a lecturer in the Department of Visual Communication, Design and Multimedia at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art at Makerere University. Alongside his work as a university professor, Kakinda was committed to assisting young artists with training, sourcing materials and obtaining studio spaces.
Kakinda’s art has been exhibited in Uganda, Europe and the United States of America.
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