Dusabe King
Dusabe King Christian (b. 1996) is a visual artist based in Kigali, Rwanda. He showed an interest in art at an early age, and in 2015, he attended Ecole d’Arts de Nyundo. In 2017, he began his journey of telling stories through his artworks.
Dusabe’s work can be described as contemporary figurative, portraiture, and abstract. His style has evolved over time to become more exploratory in terms of color and shape, although human figures and portraits remain his primary subjects. He paints using oil, acrylic, and watercolor.
Artist Statement:
Dusabe King Christian’s practice explores the multifaceted layers of social identity and personal and familial homages through the immaculate study of ephemeral compositions of discontinuous memories. While contemplating the intimate impact of familial backgrounds on his life, his dexterity has been propelled toward bridging the emotional states and memories, seeking to demystify the purpose of nostalgia.
Nostalgia serves as the impetus behind his work—either as proof of an elected artificial construct that overwrites the present with the past or as a transfigured perspective that is allegorically precursive of catharsis.
Gallery Exhibitions
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EDUCATION
Ecole d’arts de Nyundo, Certificate in Graphic arts and illustrations. 2015-2017.
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
2024 “Interlude Rwanda,” King’s Palace Museum, Nyanza Rwanda
2023 “Art in Spite of Everything“- Museum of African Art Belgrade, Serbia
TRIENNIAL:
2024 “Kigali 2024 Triennale,” Organised by Rwanda Initiative Rwanda
FAIRS:
2025 Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta Georgia, Mitochondria Gallery Booth
2025 FUTURE FAIR, New York City, Mitochondria Gallery Booth
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2025 Tracing the River Back, Group Exhibition, Mitochondria Gallery, Houston, TX
2024 Echoes of Transformation, Group Exhibition, Mitochondria Gallery, Houston,TX
2024 “The off is On,” Group Exhibition Galerie Atisss Dakar, Senegal
2024 “Surrealism in Great Lakes,” Group Exhibition, Galerie Atiss Dakar, Senegal
2024 “In Tender Peaks, Grace Unfolds,” Mitochondria Gallery, TX
2023 “When the Sun Stands Still”- Group Exhibition Mitochondria Gallery
2022 “Echoes of Memories-“ Duo Exhibition Mitochondria Gallery
2022 “WE, THE FUTURE” exhibition with Paintings, drawings and sculptures – Mali Likovni
Salon Gallery – Novi Sad, Serbia.
2021 “Visages” group show – Kigali, Rwanda
2021 “Colors and people’’ duo exhibition – Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge – Musanze, Rwanda.
2021 “Triennial of drawing and small – scale sculpture” – The association of fine artist in
Serbia (ULUS) – Belgrade, Serbia
RESIDENCIES
2025 Dot Ateliers, Accra, Ghana
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA:
MBABAZI, J (2021) Art has given me confidence to communicate – local painter. The new
times [online] 26 December. Available from: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/lifestyle/art-has-
given-me-confidence- communicate-local-painter
** Editors Note. Dusabe King. Mitochondria Gallery. 2025