Xenson (Samson Ssenkaaba) is a multi--‐media artist who interrogates contemporary issues through a synergy of; installations, videos, performance, poetry, fashion and paintings. He is the founder of Xenson Art Space; a multidisciplinary curated space aimed at nurturing the new creative generation; providing a space for the artists to exhibit and showcase their work.
Xenson’s work explores the concepts of identity and global circulation of culture against the contextual background of pre and postcolonial history and humanity’s obsessive tendency to hide behind facades, visible or invisible by intentionally creating a perceived aesthetic of flowers, patterning bright colors and masks around his otherwise unsettling subject matter ; A phenomenon he calls ‘Obscured Identities’.
He also works with used cans and recycled materials in an attempt to clean up his environment and avoid the dystopian futures he portrays through his works. T