INNOCENT NKURUNZIZA
Innocent Nkurunziza is one of the leading artists at the forefront of the growing Rwandan art scene. Founder of the Inema Art Center and founder of the first Rwandan art collective, Nziza Art Initiative, Nkurunziza is both an innovator within the local art community and in his art practice. Strongly inspired by the world around him, Nkurunziza creates monumental paintings, sculptures and mixed media works using elements of nature as his medium.
An artist with a singular vision for art’s role as a social change agent
Nkurunziza has a singular vision for the role of the arts in society and places his commitment to pioneering social and economic development through the visual arts at the pinnacle of his identity as an artist.