SSENDAGIRE PAUL WAS BORN IN 1979.EDUCATED AT MAKERERE,WHERE HE ATTAINED HIS DEGREE IN FINE ARTS IN 2002 FOLLOWED BY A POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION IN 2003.HIS DISTINCTIVE WOODCUTS HAVE EARNED HIM GROWING ACCLAIM BOTH IN UGANDA AND BEYOND.

SINCE 2001,WHEN HE PARTICIPATED IN HIS FIRST EXHIBITION("THE NUDE",NOMMO GALLERY) SSENDAGIRE HAS TAKEN PART IN MANY EXHIBITIONS BOTH IN UGANDA AND OVERSEAS. IN 2003 THESE INCLUDED,AMONG OTHERS,THE EAST AFRICAN ART BIENNALE IN TANZANIA,A SOLO SHOW AT ALLIANCE FRANCAIS DE KAMPALA,THE ALL ARTISTS ANNUAL AND THE PRINTMAKERS'EXHIBITIONS AT NOMMO GALLERY AND THE NATIONAL ART AND SPORT CONTEST AT THE UGANDA MUSEUM.IN 2004,HE HAD A TWO-MAN EXHIBITION AT EQUATION CAFE;TAKEN PART IN THE 5TH PACA BIENNALE IN ENUGU,NIGERIA;PARTICIPATED IN THE 3RD LESSEDRA WORLD ART PRINT ANNUAL IN BULGARIA;THE ART AND SPORT CONTEST AT THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM IN SWITZERLAND;HE REPRESENTED UGANDA AT THE OLYMPICS OFVISUAL ART IN GREECE.IN 2005,HE HAS TAKEN PART IN THE EAST AFRICAN PRINTMAKERS' EXHIBITION AT AFRI ART GALLERY AND HE HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO TAKE PART IN THE 6TH KOCHI INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF PRINTS IN JAPAN.HE HAS BEEN A RECEPIENT OF A NUMBER OF PRIZES AND AWARDS INCLUDING SPECIAL PRIZE IN THE 3RD LESSEDRA WORLD ART PRINT ANNUAL IN BULGARIA IN 2004,1ST PRIZE IN THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC ART AND SPORT CONTEST IN THE GRAPHICS CATEGORY.

SSENDAGIRE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2003 ART FOR ABATO EVENT IN KAMPALA INCLUDED TWO ENORMOUSLY POPULAR ROCKING HORSES,ONE OF WHICH WON HIM THE GOLDEN HORSE AWARD FOR THE HIGHEST FUNDRAISING ARTWORK OUT OF A FIELD OF 36 HORSES.

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