Exhibition: ‘Bottoming Up’ by Wycliff Opondo, Jun. 4-28 2024 @ Alliance Francaise Nairobi.
June 3, 2024 at 12:15 pm Njathika Leave a comment
Opening: June 4, 2024
Venue: Alliance Francaise Nairobi
Time: 6.00 pm
Until: June 28, 2024
About
Formerly based in Nairobi at the Masai Mbili Artists Collective and then at the Kuona Art Studio, Wycliffe Opondo ‘Wiki’ now lives and paints in Kisumu, a move brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Alliance Française is happy to be hosting a solo exhibition of his most recent paintings, bringing street humour and graphic jokes in his signature sign-painting style to the gallery.
As a self-taught artist, Wiki’s art journey started at children’s workshops at the Paa ya Paa Art Gallery back in the 1980s.
In his youth, Wiki was influenced by popular culture and the proliferation of graffiti and street art, and while still at school he found occasional commercial work as a sign painter and matatu artist.
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