Nakitto Sandra Suubi is a Ugandan visual and performing artist. She holds a master’s degree in fine art at the Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine art. Suubi’s sculptural installations are big in form and size.

Must work for us if it stays with us

They depict messages of hope and the power of possibility highlighting the reuse of different media such as recycled plastic and metal, most recently—experimenting with different forms of found materials found within particular communities in which she works in Kampala, Uganda and other parts of the world. Suubi studies these communities through observation, discussions with the people living with in these communities and collects and experiments with the different media found within these communities.

The installations add to the discussion about the function of objects such as used plastic bottles (transformation and application) in everyday life and the role of artists as the eye of society. She believes that materials such as plastic which is not biodegradable, ‘Must work for us if it stays with us.’ Suubi has participated in several art events in and out of Uganda.