Join us and Bow Arts at the Good Growth Hub for a sharing and social session with East London Art Prize shortlisted artist Kuda Mushangi in conversation with Vyonne Mirara, Shared Training and Employment Programme (STEP) trainee and Gallery Assistant at Nunnery Gallery. You will learn about Kuda’s practice as an artist and architect as well as get clued up on all the amazing opportunities and programmes GGH have on offer for artists and young people in east London.
Kuda will be on hand to provide an insight into his experience of the Prize and what it is like working and practicing as an artist and architect in east London. Kuda views his painting as an opportunity to explore the emotional complexities that arise from migration. His works are deeply rooted in narrative, storytelling and allegory, with love, loneliness, joy, and self-doubt drawn out as common themes.
Following the conversation, we will open the floor with plenty of opportunities for you to ask questions and connect with others in the room to carry on the discussion with drinks and snacks!
When:
Thursday 31 July 2025, 6 – 8pm
Where:
Good Growth Hub, East Bay Lane, E15 2SJ
More about Kuda Mushangi
Kuda Mushangi, born in 1995, is an artist and architect based in London. Mushangi studied architecture at the Liverpool School of Architecture and earned his Master of Architecture degree in 2020. He gained recognition as a young emerging artist through an open-call competition held by Tate Modern and Tate Collective in 2020, and his work was featured on a billboard in Brixton, London. In 2021, he was awarded the Holy Arts Art Gallery Prize and was featured in Artist Talk Magazine. In 2022, he became a finalist for The Ingram Prize, the leading contemporary art collection in the UK. In 2024 Mushangi’s artwork was exhibited at the London Design Festival. Mushangi is eager to continue pushing and sharing his artwork within the broader art community.
About the East London Art Prize Events Programme
The East London Art Prize events programme is a dynamic, free public programme open to all, which builds on the Prize’s ethos of providing ongoing support, development, and networking opportunities for artists in east London and beyond.
Featuring a constellation of workshops, talks, panels, lates, socials, labs, walks, and takeovers in collaboration with our Prize partners and featuring some familiar faces from our shortlist of 12 fantastic artists, this year’s events programme celebrates and pays homage to the huge abundance of talent and creativity nestled in east London.
These events have been developed by Wan Yi Sandra Lam, Curator: Programmes & Engagement at Bow Arts in collaboration with our Prize partners the British Council, The Line, London College of Fashion (LCF), London Legacy Development Corporation, University College London (UCL), V&A East, Whitechapel Gallery and Dulux.
Find out more about the wider programme.
More about the East London Art Prize
The East London Art Prize is an all-media art prize designed to showcase the talent of artists working and living in east London, with an accompanying event programme supporting artists’ careers and opportunities. The Prize is generously funded by Minerva and Prue MacLeod. Find out more on the Prize webpage.