Home Art Collection (HAC)
The gallery comes to you.
An international art advisory and U.S. showroom for contemporary artists from Rwanda and across East Africa — and a home for handmade goods by the women of Mama Rwanda.
Home Art Collection (HAC) is part of Irembo Foundation’s wider work to create lasting support for its programs. HAC serves as an international art advisory and U.S. showroom, presenting contemporary artwork by partnering artists from Rwanda and across East Africa through exhibitions, art shows, and private presentations.
The showroom also showcases and sells products made by women in Mama Rwanda, an Irembo Foundation project where women learn vocational skills and create handmade goods with a distinctive African touch. Income from sales of their products goes back to the women, helping them support their families through their own work.
Forty percent of artwork sales support Irembo Foundation’s activities.
In this way, HAC gives partnering artists a place to show and sell their work, gives Mama Rwanda artisans access to customers and income, and helps sustain the Foundation’s work.
Mission
To connect international collectors with exceptional artists from Rwanda and East Africa through thoughtful curation, professional service and private presentations that respect the artist, the artwork and the collector.
Vision
To establish East African contemporary art as a recognised and valued presence in private, corporate, hospitality and institutional collections around the world.
The collection
Original works by artists HAC represents. Prices are in US dollars and subject to confirmation. Tap “Ask about this work” to arrange a private viewing or acquisition.
Mark Kassi
Ugandan artist Mark Kassi Byamugisha studied textiles and fabric decoration at Kyambogo University before turning to painting through a largely self-directed, experimental practice.
Sleeping Beauty
SoldAcrylic on canvas · 157.5 x 109.5 cm
Arnold Birungi
A fine artist and illustrator whose work pays tribute to the natural world, depicting wildlife, birds, and social and cultural life in watercolor, acrylic and oil.
Aimable Kigenza
A Rwandan visual artist and sculptor working in acrylic, oil and mixed media, as well as metal and repurposed industrial materials.
Wisdom
SoldAcrylic on canvas · 150 x 150 cm
Pacifique Niyonsenga
A Rwandan artist and cultural entrepreneur who believes creativity can transform lives, with a long commitment to arts education, vulnerable children and women. His work has been featured by CNN African Voices.
Olivier Kwitonda
A self-taught Kigali artist whose paintings reflect Rwandan history and the movement of daily life. He won first prize in the 2014 My Democracy exhibition at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali and founded Inkingi Arts Space.
Inside the HAC showroom
