Matt Kayem is an artist and writer born in Kampala, Uganda. His work explores identity issues, race, history, sexuality and culture through installations, collage-paintings and photography. Kayem has exhibited extensively in Kampala notably at the Kampala Biennale(2016; 2018), has had three solo shows, one in Nairobi. As a writer, he is interested in the commercialization of art and the comparison between the western and African art market. He has written for Africanah.org, ContemporaryAnd, Nairobi Contemporary, psp-culture.com, START journal and The Independent Magazine.