Agness Buya Yombwe

Agness Buya Yombwe (b. 1966, Zambia) is a mixed media artist and co-founder of the Wayi Wayi Art Studio and Gallery based in Livingstone, Zambia. She earned her Art Teacher’s Diploma from the Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts in Lusaka, Zambia. Yombwe’s artistic practice explores indigenous knowledge systems of the Bemba people of Zambia, in particular the sacred emblems and artefacts known as Mbusa that are used in secret initiation and marriage ceremonies.

Her work has featured in both solo and group exhibitions, and she has undertaken prestigious studio residencies at the Edvard Munch Studio in Oslo, Norway in 1995 and the McColl Centre for Visual Arts in North Carolina, USA in 2002.