Fred Kato Mutebi, native of Uganda, Mutebi is active in printmaking and his work has traditionally celebrated Uganda’s natural beauty and also focuses on the need to preserve that beauty. Mutebi also creates works that carry social and political messages as well relying on anecdotes and stories to capture those messages. His primary mediums are printing and painting. He has found a method that combines the two to his satisfaction, namely relief printing. This technique allows the artist a wider palette through multiple applications of pigment. Mutebi prints a single piece five times as he moves from light to dark colors, etching out the contours of the image in progressive stages according to the colors applied. Mutebi’s work involves crisp lines and clear forms, which allows him to focus on patterns in his environment. Mutebi is a Fullbright Scholar and has received the highest honors as a working artist in Africa. Mutebi has exhibited throughout Europe, Africa and Japan.