Lakwena means ‘messenger of the chief’ in the northern Ugandan language Acholi. Born in 1986, her name is reflected in her artistic practice, which is concerned with messages. Utilising bright colour and bold text, her eye-catching paintings explore and gently subvert ideas relating to decolonisation, redemption, escapism, afrofuturism, and ...

Portfolio and information for the London-based artist Lakwena Maciver.

Lakwena x Universal Music, 2024. Lakwena x Christies, 2023. Lakwena x H&M, 2023. Lakwena x UNIQLO, 2023. Lakwena x UNIQLO, 2023. Here We Come, Here We Rise, Brent Cross Town, 2023 Panelled substation wrap in collaboration with architects IF_DO 21 x 52m. HA-HA (series), 2022 Acrylic on plywood panels

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2022年1月28日 · In this interview for Studio International, the London-based artist discusses her distinctive aesthetic and interest in words, the significance of spirituality to her art, her recent large-scale commissions and her new exhibition of Jump Paintings at Vigo Gallery, London.

Transforming one cityscape at a time, East London-based artist Lakwena Maciver’s work is unparalleled in ambition and impact. Her intensely coloured, large-scale, graphic design-inspired murals have taken over the streets of London, New York and Miami with hopeful affirmations and striking colour-schemes.

2015年5月28日 · Lakwena Maciver is a London-based artist, born in London in 1986, with mixed Ugandan and British heritage. Best known for her murals painted internationally, she has shown work in cities including London, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York and Vienna, both within the gallery and in the public realm.

Lakwena Maciver is a London-based artist, born in London in 1986, with mixed Ugandan and British heritage. Best known for her murals painted internationally, she has shown work in cities including London, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York and Vienna, both within the gallery and in the public realm.

With LGBTQIA+ Ugandans already fighting for their lives against this violence, state criminalization of their sexualities renders their sexual and reproductive health also illegal – taboo even. Sexual and reproductive health then takes on as another layer for struggle.

2023年3月8日 · When viewing the artist Lakwena’s bright, bold and technicolour portfolio, her being a ‘pessimist’ is perhaps that last conclusion you would come to. But, this is in fact exactly how she describes herself. “I tend to be a bit of a pessimist, and I like to see problems,” she begins our conversation on an unseasonably sunny February ...