Posts filed under ‘art exhibits’
NCAI Presents KASPALE by Syowia Kyambi, Mar. 23 – Jun. 30 2023 @ NCAI – Rosslyn Riviera Mall.
Opening Date: March 23, 2023
Venue: NCAI, Rosslyn Riviera Mall
Time: 5-8 PM
To attend, signup here – https://artsvp.com/b4c04b
On Until June 30, 2023
About
KASPALE, a solo exhibition by Syowia Kyambi, opens on Thursday, 23rd March 2023 at 5pm.
Kaspale is a trickster character created by Kyambi to intervene in situations where the burden of often violent histories has rendered them difficult to articulate and engage with.
Exhibition: The Last Born of Melody by Nega Yilma (from Ethiopia), Mar. 11 – Apr. 7 2023 @ Banana Hill Art Gallery.
Dates: March 11 – April 7, 2023
Venue: Banana Hill Art Gallery
About
Experience the vibrant and culturally-rich art exhibition, “The Last Born of Melody” by Ethiopian artist Nega Yilma, on display from March 11 – 7 April, 2023 at the Banana Hill Art Gallery.
Yilma’s intricate patterns and traditional motifs bring to life themes of identity and history.
the Pio Gama Pinto Exhibition, Mar. 5 – May 31 2023 @ the Nairobi Gallery – CBD.
Opening: March 5, 2023
Venue: the Nairobi Gallery
Time: from 3 PM
Dates: Until May 31, 2023
Entry: Museum Rates Apply
About
Step into history and celebrate the life of a true Kenyan hero #PioGamaPinto – Independent Kenya’s first martyr.
Exhibition: ‘Double Perspectives’ by Adam Masava & Coster Ojwang’, Mar. 8-29 2023 @ Garden Lounge Gallery, Next to NCBA Bank – Village Market.
Dates: March 8-29, 2023
Venue: Garden Lounge Gallery, Next to NCBA Bank – Village Market
Time: 9 am – 6 pm
Exhibition: Her Story by Over 30 Women Artists, Mar. 6-26 2023 @ Alliance Française.
Dates: March 6-26, 2023
Venue: Alliance Française
About An exhibition of artworks by over 30 women artists that are inspiring, thought-provoking, and a showcase of achievement. #IWD2023
Exhibition: Sex & The City V by Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga, Feb. 15-28 2023 @ Alliance Française.
Dates: February 15-28, 2023
Venue: Alliance Française
About
Sex & The City V is a continued exploration of the city’s controversial sex industry. Allowing for sometimes uncomfortable musings about personal relations between consenting adults.
The exhibition portrays snapshots of a lifestyle that is generally accepted but deemed immoral.
It provokes us to contemplate the depths beneath the images, parody of social realities in the space we live in – Nairobi, without glorifying promiscuity.
Exhibition: Digital Informalities, Feb. 10-26 2023 @ Wajukuu Arts Collective, Mukuru Lunga Lunga.
Opening: February 10, 2023
Venue: Wajukuu Arts Collective, Mukuru Lunga Lunga
Time: 3 PM Dates:
Until February 26, 2023
About
A contemporary art exhibition about the forms of security, reciprocity and trust necessary for a community to thrive in a world marked by digitalization.
An exhibition with artists; Shabu Mwangi (KEN), Joan Otieno (KEN), Mounir Ayoub (TUN, CH), Flurina Rothenberger (CH), Ngugi Waweru (KEN), Nabalayo (KEN), Wanjiru Ngure (KEN) and Ronald Pizzoferrato (VEN).
A Matza project curated by Anja Wyden Guelpa and Séverin Guelpa.
Out of Town: Art Legacy Exhibition by John Solly Savala (Big Foot), Peter Mumia (Pemu Arts) and Joan Gendo, Jan. 27 – Feb. 18 2023 @ Alliance Française Mombasa.
Opening Night: January 27, 2023
Venue: Alliance Française Mombasa (Nyali – Moyne Drive)
Time: 6:30 pm
Entry: Free
Until February 18, 2023
About
Under his alias ‘Big Foot’, Savala is an “abstract fine artist by profession with no formal training but born talented. Each painting is an original one of a kind Acrylic on fabric, board and any other related materials even recycled ones, signed by Savala upon completion.”
Along with exhibitors Peter Mumia (Pemu Arts) and Joan Gendo.
Exhibition: ‘The Moon Man has Gone Under the Sea…’ Recent Works by Jessica Atieno, Jan. 22 – March 5 2023 @ Red Hill Art Gallery.
Opening: January 22, 2023
Venue: Red Hill Art Gallery
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Jessica Atieno will give an introduction into her artworks at around 2.00 pm.
James Mweu and is dance group will present a dance performance in the afternoon.
Screen Prints on large canvasses
Jessica Atieno explores the role of historic photographic archives in reconstituting current perspectives within ethnographic representations.
“What happens when a photographic object vacates the space of the archive and is re-appropriated in the creation of a new artistic work?”
The exhibition is on view until 5th March 2023.
Exhibition: Mirror, Mirror – Portraits of Being Alive by Leo Mativo, Jan. 18-30 2023 @ Alliance Française.
Dates: January 18-30, 2023
Venue: Alliance Française
About
Using oil and/or acrylic Leo Mativo created a series of pieces that serves as a reflection of concealed emotional and psychological states of being we are engulfed in either briefly or over substantial periods of time, through exposure to various emotional and psychological environments of today. The work is strongly characterised by unrestrained paint application techniques and captivating eyes on abstract backgrounds that give the work soul and presence.
Out of Town: Exhibition: Neighbouring Lands by Tabitha wa Thuku, Dec. 20 2022 – Jan. 20 2023 @ Peponi Hotel – Lamu.
Dates: Until 20 January 2023
Venue: Peponi Hotel, Lamu
About
Neighbouring Lands, is selection of Tabitha wa Thuku’s (Kenyan, b. 1963) vibrant and fluid, dreamlike landscapes consists of a body of work focused on the portrayal of nature and the environment; a theme wa Thuku has been referring to in her work since she began painting in the 80s.
Her work invites the viewer on a mysterious journey through the artist’s own real and imaginary landscapes from around the world.
If you study them carefully and take time, you find yourself following her paths and streams into the depths of each painting. Tabitha often uses dark hues, reds, browns and blacks which allude to the dark side of human interference in nature.
Believing vehemently in the regeneration of our environment, wa Thuku’s uses her work to criticise the pillaging nature of our society and confirm her belief in growing and replenishing the natural world.
Exhibition: A Trajectory of Etchings – 1980’s to 2000 by Rashid Diab (from Sudan), Nov. 20 2022 – Jan. 12 2023 @ Red Hill Art Gallery.
Opening: November 20, 2022
Venue: Red Hill Art Gallery
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
Until January 12, 2023
About
Red Hill Art Gallery is honoured to show in this exhibition part of the archive of the artist’s print work dated from the 1980’s until 2000, which he created during his 20 year stay in Madrid (Spain), as Artist-in-Residence, a PHD fellow and later as a lecturer at the Department of Fine Art at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Rashid Diab is a master in print techniques including the complete spectrum of Etchings, Collagraphs, Aquatints, Woodcuts and Silkscreens.
The exhibition comprises a selection of more than 50 prints, from meticulously elaborated miniatures to multi-coloured large-scale prints.
Exhibition: Escape, Journey to the Heart of Digital Culture, Nov. 16-30 2022 @ Alliance Française.
Dates: November 16-30, 2022
Venue: Alliance Française
About
The exhibition offers an educational and playful look at digital cultures through a selection of artworks that combine web documentaries, video games, and AI.
Organized in three sections: “A History of the Internet”, “The Data War”, and “Digital Humanity”, it will allow us to explore the upheavals caused by the Digital Revolution through its major concepts: Web, social networks, algorithms, data, GAFAM, hacker, maker, fake news, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, etc.
In an era that constantly encourages us to connect, the exhibition invites us to look at this digital world with a critical eye, to take a step to the side and escape its grip for a moment.
Exhibition / Installation: Excavation, Elevation, Oct. 25-31 2022 @ the GoDown Arts Centre – Kilimani
Dates: October 25-31, 2022
Venue: the GoDown Arts Centre, Kilimani
About
Exploring geological manipulation of the urban landscape, this exhibition follows the materials of Nairobi’s transformation.
An Exhibition by James Muriuki – a Nairobi based art practitioner – and Constance Smith – a social and visual anthropologist from Manchester, UK.
Exhibition: Light And Blue Silence by Jimmy Kitheka, Sept. 7-30 2022 @ Alliance Française.
Opening: September 7, 2022
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: from 6.30 PM
About
Through shadow and blur effects in dark blue hues, Jimmy generates representations and visions from the past evoking a sense of nostalgia. His works take us back in time, through stories told by his grandfather, that retrace the Nairobi of the 60s and 70s. Jimmy imagines himself living in those times through his paintings. His works are currently being shown at the AKKA Project gallery in Venice as part of the ‘African Identities’ exhibition that coincides with the Venice Art Biennale.
The exhibition runs until 30 September 2022.
Mixed Exhibition: ‘Leaves of Life’ by Olivia Pendergast, Mark Lecchini, Myrna van der Veen, Fitsum Berhe, Dennis Muraguri, Anthony Okello, James Mbuthia & Yoni Waite, Jul. 30 – Aug. 21 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Opening: July 30, 2022
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: Noon – 4 PM
Featured artists include Olivia Pendergast, Mark Lecchini, Myrna van der Veen, Fitsum Berhe, Dennis Muraguri, Anthony Okello, James Mbuthia, along with some older works from Yoni Waite.
Exhibition Run: Until August 21, 2022
Gallery open: Tuesday through Sunday from 10am – 4.30pm.
The show will continue through August with the exception of Election Week.
Open Studio: In Which Our Wants are Worlds by Wanini Kimemiah, Jul. 29 2022 @ the C& Office – the Mall, Westlands
Open Studio: Friday, 29 July 2022
Venue: the Mall, 1st Floor – Westlands
Time: 6-9 PM
The work will be on view Until August 26th 2022
EKENYAGWECHWECHACHWECHERIA – Exhibition About Loss & Life, Jul. 21-28 2022 @ 101 Manyani E
Opening: July 21, 2022
Venue: 101, Manyani E
Time: 6PM
Exhibition by: Elkana Ong’esa, Moses Nyawanda, Iddi Achieng & Musa Omusi
Until: July 28, 2022
Exhibition: Sarakasi za Siasa by Joseph Bertiers, Jul. 13 – 31 2022 @ Alliance Française
Dates: July 13-31, 2022
Venue: Alliance Française
Sarakasi za Siasa by Joseph Bertiers
Joseph Mbatia Njoroge, or ‘Bertiers’ as he is fondly known, began his artistic career as a professional sign writer. Over the past three decades, Bertiers’ lively, realistic and colourful paintings have humorously chronicled and weaved many local and international events with everyday life in Kenya.
This exhibition of his large-scale canvasses and life-size sculptures offers a satirical view of Kenyan politics over the years.
Exhibition: Women into Family by Chilonga, Jul. 2-29 2022 @ Banana Hill Art Gallery
Dates: July 2-29, 2022
Venue: Banana Hill Art Gallery
Exhibition: The Lost Paradise by Mohamed Abdella Otaybi (Sudanese, b. 1948), Jun. 29 – Jul. 30 2022 @ Circle Art Gallery
Opening: June 29, 2022
Venue: Circle Art Gallery
Until: July 30, 2022
This is Mohamed Otaybi’s first solo exhibition in Kenya, presenting 25 paintings made during the last decade.
About
Otaybi graduated from the Khartoum College of Fine and Applied Arts and began working as an artist during the dynamic period of the 1970s in Sudan. He was immersed in the debates about cultural heritage and Sudanese visual identity of the Khartoum School at the time. Many of these debates are still significant in Sudan today – the combination of Africanism, Islam, Arabism and Sudanese identity.
Long recognised and acclaimed as an influential figure in Sudanese art, Otaybi’s painterly language has evolved throughout his career, consolidating his reputation and strength as a colourist. Architectural and decorative motifs and calligraphic forms populate his paintings. Layering hues to create depth and vibration add to the mythological and dreamlike quality of his paintings, which reference a cultural past. Otaybi is also a celebrated cartoonist and illustrator, and elements of his graphic and satirical approach often translate into his paintings.
Otaybi’s lyrical images of life, nature, music and a heritage that combines Islamic symbolism and a modern multicultural way of life in Sudan, speaks of his country’s past and present and resonates with people across the world. As well as holding regular solo exhibitions in Khartoum, North Africa and the Arab world from 1970 to the present, he has shown in international group exhibitions including the Sharjah Biennial, UAE, 1993; Modernism in Sudanese Art, British Museum, London, 2004; Sudan: Emergence of Singularities, P21 Gallery, London, 2017 and Khartoum Contemporary, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, 2017. His work features in private and public collections including the National Museum in Sharjah. In 2018, Otaybi was the focus of the article ‘Masters We Need to Master’, Collector Magazine, Art Africa.
Simultaneous Exhibitions: ‘Visual Memories’ by James Mbuthia & ‘Between Losing and Finding’ by Anthony Okello, Jun. 25 – Jul. 24 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Opening: June 25, 2022
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: Noon – 4pm
Exhibitions Run: Saturday 25 June through 24 July 2022
Gallery open: Tuesday through Sunday from 10am – 4.30pm.
About
One Off is very proud to host a couple of thought provoking exhibitions by two of its Gallery Artists: James Mbuthia will open his show titled ‘Visual Memories’ and Anthony Okello will open his exhibition titled ‘Between Losing and Finding’.
Both artists work in oil on canvas and both painters investigate the challenges of loss through the last three years. Using vastly different lenses and with particularly personal perspectives on their surroundings, it is fascinating to compare such contrasting explorations
Simultaneous Exhibitions: ‘Africa Re-Imagined: A Six Year Exploration’ by Geoff Weedon & ‘Intimacy of Things’ by Olivia Pendergast, May 28 – Jun. 19 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Gallery
One Off is delighted to present Geoff Weedon’s first solo show in Kenya; ‘Africa Re-Imagined’. Weedon first visited Africa six years ago and the impact of the wildlife and its people is clear because he has painted little else since, returning again and again for inspiration and reference. This show is a reflection of six years playful exploration which has expressed itself in different styles and formed distinct series, two of which are displayed in this exhibition.
Meanwhile, opening simultaneously is ‘Intimacy of things’, an exhibition of oil paintings by one of our most popular artists, Olivia Pendergast. In her latest works, Pendergast places her subjects in their places of work, surrounded by the objects which are of significance in their lives. In each painting, Pendergast uses hands, rather than eyes as her tool of expression, along with her signature re-applied pencil lines. The show marks a shift in direction for the artist which will delight her audience.
Details
Opening: May 28, 2022
Venue: One Off Contemporary Gallery
Time: Noon – 4 PM
Exhibitions Run: Saturday, 28 May through 19 June 2022
Gallery open: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 AM – 4.30 PM.
Exhibition: Mystics by Samuel Ashanti Githinji, May 15 – Jun. 12 2022 @ Red Hill Art Gallery
An Exhibition by Samuel Ashanti Githinji –
Opening: Sunday, May 15 2022
Venue: Red Hill Art Gallery
Time: from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm
The exhibition is on view until 12th June 2022.
The 11th Affordable Art Show, May 13-15 2022 @ Nairobi National Museum
Opening: May 13, 2022
Venue: the Courtyard, NMK
Time: 4-7 PM (1 hr viewing Sessions)
Tickets: KES 200/- (Prepayment)
Exhibition dates: May 14-15, 2022
Venue: Nairobi National Museum
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM
Free Entry
All art priced below KES 150,000/-.
Exhibition of ART and PHOTOGRAPHY, May 12-22 2022 @ the Movenpick Hotel – Westlands
Opening: Thursday, May 12 2022
Venue: the Movenpick Hotel – Westlands
Time: 6 PM
Until: May 22, 2022
Fictions – A Group Exhibition, May 11 – Jun. 11 2022 @ Circle Art Gallery
Dates: May 11 – June 11, 2022
Venue: Circle Art Gallery, 910 James Gichuru Road – Lavington
About
Circle Art Gallery is pleased to present Fictions, a group exhibition of 11 artists at various stages of their careers, working in painting, drawing, printmaking, and in some cases, combinations of all three.
This grouping of artists/artworks invites the viewer to consider possible relationships between one work and the next and, by extension, between each artist’s practice and the next.
The title of the exhibition Fictions speaks to the connections that can emerge in the distance between artworks; and how that space can offer room for the viewer to begin thinking about thematic connections and overlaps.
Fictions contends that one artwork/artist can expand the viewer’s thinking about another.
Open Studio: ‘I Saw a Glimpse of Heaven’, by Natocho Faith, May 9-21 2022 @ C& Office’s – Westlands
Dates: May 9-21, 2022
Venue: C& Office’s, the Mall – 1st Floor
About
Natocho Faith works in drawing and sculpture. Her new work, ‘I saw a glimpse of Heaven’ is in a non-factual way a reference to the biblical story of Eve after eating the forbidden fruit and being cast out of the Garden of Eden.
Book Launch: Jackie Karuti’s Debut Monograph, “Notes Movement Method”, Apr. 27 2022 @ Circle Art Gallery
The Nairobi Launch of Jackie Karuti’s debut monograph, Notes Movement Method.
Exhibition preview & book launch
Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Venue: Circle Art Gallery
Time: 4 – 8 pm
About
Jackie Karuti was the main prize winner of the 2020 Henrike Grohs Art Award. This book is published as part of the award, with support from the Goethe-Institut and Grohs family. Additional support was provided by The African Arts Trust. This book was produced by the Visual Arts Network of South Africa.
The book is led by thoughts around Karuti’s ongoing method of inquiry; How Clouds are Formed which has been a developing body of work assembled in many parts using objects, images, spare parts & movements. The intention was to produce an artist workbook that sends one out into the field to move, question & discover. It is largely an attempt to recognize the work that emerges in the present while navigating various site visits through drawings, text, sculptural forms and moving images.
Text and image contributions by Wanja Kimani, Bojana Cvejić, Jackie Karuti & Roseline Olang’.Additional images by James Muriuki & Densu Moseti
The book is will be available for purchase during the launch for KES 2,500.
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