Benon lutaaya biography of albert

ByRobyn Sassenon

NOT EVERY VISUAL artist would be willing to admit the disheartening sense of dead ends and near misses that comes of muddling through ideas, before they get to submit an ‘offering’ to the world.

It’s an admission of humanity and frailty in a world fraught with quick fixes, sensationalism, barbs and negativity. Ugandan-born artist, Benon Lutaaya, was.

Benon lutaaya biography of albert einstein

That sense of vulnerability was so central to his work ethic and his thinking. On April 19, he succumbed to brain cancer. He was 34.

Lutaaya’s story is about the kind of meteorological rise to prominence that you find in fiction.

By 2015, he was on top of his game and the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledgements, not only for the visual wisdom and freshness in his works, but also for his entrepreneurial spirit and his ability to simply be the face