"I believe art is a powerful tool and for that I aim to aspire change in my society through my art."

STATEMENT
My art is all about the people around me, the mystery behind them and the messages they each carry in small gestures.
I have focused mainly on youth who I feel I can greatly connect with. Most of my friends and neighbors are youth, generally I get my content by having random conversations with them.
I found my art resonates around cultural growth and social instabilities, be it addiction, gender abuse or environmental crisis. I believe art is a powerful tool and for that I aim to aspire change in my society through my art.
BIO
Annah Lot Nkyalu is a figurative visual artist based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, working in different mediums especially ink (pen). Pen was always on her hands while she was at school where she mostly had the urge to draw, for that she mastered it earlier than any other medium. Her works usually takes many hours of concentration involving many layers of pen strokes. Annah considers herself as a social activists as some of her works reflects the society‘s strength and struggles. Annah believes art is a miracle; for it‘s the creation of wonders out of the blankness just like the awesome creations of GOD. Annah is a member of Vijana Vipaji Foundation and has a shared studio at Nafasi Art Space.
AWARDS
2022 Second runner of the Young Visual Artist competition (ongea project) by Mulika Tanzania
2019 Grand winner of the Young Visual Vrtist by Tanzania Fine Art (TFA)
EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2022 Jasiri Art Exhibition, International School of Tanganyika, Tanzania
2022 An Ode to Women, Rangi Gallery, Tanzania
2022 The Power of a Woman, National Museum of Tanzania
2021 Go Wireless, Jasiri Women in Art, Coral Beach Hotel, Tanzania
2021 East Africa Visual Artist Connect, UVADA Gallery, Uganda
2021 Working Hours, Nafasi Art Space, Tanzania
2021 Women in Art , Belgium Ambassador’s Residence, Tanzania
2021 Hakuna Kulala Exhibition, Nafasi Art Space , Tanzania
2021 Jasiri Virtual Art Exhibition, UN WOMEN
2020 Young Upcoming Artists Exhibition, Belgium Ambassador’s Residence
2019 Women’s Day Exhibition, Iranian Cultural Center