About the artist

Birungi Kawooya is an artist, creative facilitator, and wellbeing researcher whose practice explores the intersections of material culture, memory, and social history. She leads research-informed playshops that invite participants to experiment and explore through textiles, collage, and stitching. For Birungi, handwork is a mindfulness practice — a way to slow down, repair, and hold care — offering particular resonance for Black women. Her work reimagines African material traditions creating reflective, sensory spaces where creativity, curiosity, and embodied making guide the process.

Image: Collage of Tana Lawn™ printed cotton.