Benon Lutaaya is a Johannesburg-based visual artist. He holds a BFA with Education from Kyambogo University, Kampala. Although known for his contemporary paper collage portraiture work, he's equally adept dealing with other subjects and mediums. Unable to afford proper art supplies when he started out professionally in 2010, Benon improvised with recycled, found paper material gathered from streets to pursue his purpose as an artist. He was awarded the Citizen Influencer Brand Award at the SA Brand Summit -2018. Selected “Expert Mentor” for Barclays Africa L’atelier Art competition’s top 10 finalists -2016. He is a recipient of the 2015 ""Face of African Youth Foundation - an African Youth Ambassadorial Award"" at the ADLER Entrepreneurship Awards in Frankfurt, Germany as well as the 2015 “Arts and Culture Trust Young Impact Award” in the visual arts category. Benon serves on a number of selection committees as a judge for the visual arts competitions. He was named among “The Bright Young Things” in South African visual arts by Art Africa magazine. He ranked number one on the 2015 list of top 4 artists under 40 whose work to invest in - Art Times magazine.