Tracing how power moves through objects, institutions and everyday life.

18/13 (2026), conceptual structure by Ugandan-American artist Jonah Batambuze, examining racial representation in colonial Kampala through a cast-iron balance scale and engraved brass identification tags.

18/13 (2026)

A sculptural study of how colonial power was counted, distributed and weighted.

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Jonah Batambuze carrying two Alphonso mango boxes on the London Underground as part of his photographic series How Do You Move a Mango? (2026)

HOW DO YOU MOVE A MANGO (2026)

An ongoing study of how mangoes move—and what moves with them.

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Merit-Based Entry (2026) by Jonah Batambuze. A weathered wooden door with frosted glass stands alone on a dock overlooking a tree-lined lake, part of a conceptual art series exploring access, exclusion and meritocracy.

MERIT-BASED ENTRY (2026)

The Door Never Changes.
The Qualifications for Entry Do

The same reclaimed domestic door is installed across institutional settings, each revealing a different definition of merit.

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Five research-based conceptual art diagrams by Jonah Batambuze displayed in a horizontal row, examining global anti-Blackness, colonialism, diaspora, caste, capitalism.

Diagram Studies

A series of diagrams exploring the hidden architectures of race, caste, migration and solidarity.

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The Hands of Gods by Jonah Batambuze. Mixed-media art installation featuring a moving image, family photographs, food packaging, bottled drinks and two chairs, exploring caste, ritual, purity, food and inherited cultural practices.

The Hands of Gods

A film and sculptural installation exploring ritual, gesture and inherited memory.

First presented during Art Basel 2025 as part of Wild at Art, Basel.

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Close-up of Jonah Batambuze's hand releasing turmeric spice powder onto a concreate floor during Masala Who Art in Heaven (2025), a performance exploring food, religious symbolism and inherited cultural practices.
Masala Who Art in Heaven (2025) by Jonah Batambuze. Mixed-media installation featuring South Asian spice packets arranged on patteredn fabric beneath a Christian cross, exploring religion, caste, cultural identity and diaspora
Artist Jonah Batambuze examaning a punctured Brahmins pickle powder packet against patterned fabric in Masala Who Art in Heaven (2025), a conceptual artwork investigating caste, ritual purity and South Asian food culture.

Masala Who Art in Heaven

A sculptural work exploring faith, food packaging, caste and diaspora through the language of the altar.

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