Trini-Maria Katakwe (TMK) is a London-based spatial designer, visual artist, and cultural strategist whose research-led practice is grounded in Fragmentation as a methodology.
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Trini-Maria’s multidisciplinary work explores the intersections of identity, culture, and place. Blending architectural thinking, scenographic design, and digital arts, she creates 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 to produce inclusive, research-driven projects 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 memory, spatial storytelling, and cultural displacement through site-responsive installations and visual research. Her work bridges lived experience with design, drawing from her background in architecture, scenography, and urban intervention.
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Examples of her practice include being named a Place Champion for Revealing Southbury by Enfield Council in 2025, a placemaking project supporting the co-creation of public artwork with local artists, residents, and schools. Also collaborating with Limbo Accra as an Exhibition Designer on Africa’s Liminal Futures at the Chicago Architecture Biennale (2023). A visionary project reimagining incomplete buildings across African cities as hopeful, speculative futures.
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In 2025, she completed Fragmented Realities, an immersive billboard and augmented reality installation at Pimlico Station for the Art Below Summer Showcase, curated by Ad Lib Gallery. The project explored cultural hybridity, memory, and identity within London’s Underground, combining large-scale portraiture with interactive AR and a 3D digital model. This work deepened her commitment to collaborative creative processes, inclusion, and public dialogue through innovative design and technology.
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Her collaborators include Adidas, Enfield Council, Ezra Collective, Limbo Accra, 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 (2017) and an MA in Scenography from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2022). 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
Spatial Designer | Visual Artist | Cultural Strategist: 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, Ad Lib Gallery, 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
"LET'S EXPLORE WHAT WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER"
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Trini-Maria Katakwe creates immersive experiences through spatial design, site-specific installations, and engaging narratives with digital arts. Trini-Maria guides meaningful interdisciplinary projects through cultural strategy and shares her insights through lectures and workshops.
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"by grace I create"