Trini-Maria Katakwe (TMK) is a London-based spatial designer, visual artist, and cultural strategist working through a research-led practice grounded in fragmentation as method.
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TMK's multidisciplinary practice explores the intersections of identity, culture, and place. Her work blends architectural thinking, scenographic design, and digital arts to create immersive, community-centred experiences that foster dialogue and transformation in public space.
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Based at Somerset House Exchange, her practice engages with institutions, brands and local communities. Producing inclusive, research-led experiences that connect people more deeply to their environments.​
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Rooted in her British-Nigerian-Zambian heritage and upbringing in North London, Trini-Maria uses fragmentation as a creative lens. Unpacking diasporic memory, spatial storytelling, and cultural displacement through site-responsive installations and visual research. Her practice bridges lived experience with design, drawing from her background in architecture, theatre design, and urban intervention.
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In 2025, Trini-Maria was named a Place Champion for Revealing Southbury by Enfield Council, a major placemaking commission supporting the co-creation of a public artwork with artists, residents, and schools. Previously, she collaborated with Limbo Accra on "Africa’s Liminal Futures" at the Chicago Architecture Biennale (2023), reimagining incomplete buildings across African cities as speculative, hopeful futures.
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Her collaborators include Adidas, Enfield Council, Es Devlin Studio, Ezra Collective, Saatchi Gallery, Somerset House, Chicago Architecture Biennale, and University of the Arts London.
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She holds a BA (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Portsmouth and an MA in Scenography from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her work champions access, cultural storytelling, and innovation in the built environment. Designing for transformation, inclusion, and future-facing public engagement.
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2025(MAR) - PRESENT
Place Champion - Public Arts:
Enfield Council
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2025(MAR)
Guest Lecturer
BA Design Management:
UAL London College of Communication
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2024(OCT) - PRESENT
Enfield Cultural Partner:
Enfield Council
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2024(JUL) - PRESENT
Somerset House Exchange Resident
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2019(SEPT) - PRESENT
Scenographer and Visual Artist: TMK
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2022 - 2023
Originals Creator Network in partnership with Adidas London and GUAP Magazine
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2021 - 2022 (OCT-SEPT)
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama:
MA Scenography
- Graduated with a Distinction
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2018 - 2020 (DEC-SEPT)
Set + Event Designer: Broadsword Event House
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2017 - 2018 (DEC-JUN)
Architectural Assistant:
DOS Architects
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2014 - 2017 (SEPT-JUN)
University of Portsmouth: BA (Hons) Architecture
- Graduated with
First Class Honours
SELECTED CLIENTS , COLLABORATORS & SUPPORT:
Adidas, Chicago Architecture Biennale, Chicago, Cultural Center, Christian Aid, Enfield Council, Es Devlin Studio, Ezra Collective, GUAP Magazine, HSBC, ITV, Limbo Accra, RULA, Saatchi Gallery, Somerset House, The North Face, University of the Arts London
'by grace I create'