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Said Adrus is an Ugandan-British artist born in 1958 in Uganda. During the 1980s, his imagery has been described as computer paintings on canvas. He later turned to mixed media and multi-media ways of working, experimenting with the moving image and screen projection. Since 2015, he's been combining his digital media work with various materials that allude to his voyage from African and Asian coastlines to the Western hemisphere, describing migration and emigration in the modern setting. Adrus lives and practices in the UK, Switzerland, and other countries in Europe.

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  • Said Adrus is an Ugandan-British artist born in 1958 in Uganda. During the 1980s, his imagery has been described as computer paintings on canvas. He later turned to mixed media and multi-media ways of working, experimenting with the moving image and screen projection. Since 2015, he's been combining his digital media work with various materials that allude to his voyage from African and Asian coastlines to the Western hemisphere, describing migration and emigration in the modern setting. He references Andy Warhol as an influence to his collage work, comparing Warhol's parodying of Western art conventions to his pushing of the boundaries of painting while keeping its elements. Adrus lives and practices in the UK, Switzerland, and other countries in Europe. (en)
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  • Said Adrus is an Ugandan-British artist born in 1958 in Uganda. During the 1980s, his imagery has been described as computer paintings on canvas. He later turned to mixed media and multi-media ways of working, experimenting with the moving image and screen projection. Since 2015, he's been combining his digital media work with various materials that allude to his voyage from African and Asian coastlines to the Western hemisphere, describing migration and emigration in the modern setting. Adrus lives and practices in the UK, Switzerland, and other countries in Europe. (en)
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