Simultaneous Exhibitions: ‘When I Think of My Mum’ by Mika Obanda & ‘An Exhibition of Wooden Sculpture’ by Baldy Osborne, May 27 – Jun. 18 2023 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery.

Opening: May 27, 2023

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Time: Noon – 4 PM

Until June 18, 2023.

About

One Off Contemporary Art Gallery is delighted to be hosting Mika Obanda’s first solo show featuring a narrative in the form of a letter to his Mother, depicted in painstaking eggshell mosaic. The works offer a charming record of everyday life, in and around his home area. An early distinction for Obanda was having one of his works chosen by the GoDown Art Centre team for presentation to Dr. Jill Biden on her recent visit to Nairobi. 

In the Loft Gallery, we will host another exhibition of impressive wood sculptures by Baldy Osborne. The workmanship and finish on these pieces is extraordinary and this exhibition offers collectors a chance to pick up some beautiful three dimensional pieces at a very fair price.

Exhibition: ‘Forever is Not Ours’ by Margaret Njeri Ngigi, Apr. 29 – May 21 2023 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery.

Opening: April 29, 2023

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Time: 12 Noon – 4 PM

Exhibitions Run: Until May 21, 2023

Gallery open: 
​Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am – 5:00pm
Sunday, from noon to – 5:00pm

Forever is Not Ours

One Off Contemporary Art Gallery is enormously proud to host a solo photographic exhibition by Margaret Ngigi.  The artist is building a reputation for the initiation of visual conversations on taboo subjects and in this series of works, she explores the ticking clock which propels each of us towards an inevitable demise.  The exaggerated expression in each pair of eyes, the emphasis on the placement of the hands, the carefully choreographed costume choices all enhance the narrative of disquiet.  The striking portraits offer the audience much to reflect on.

Art Affair ’23 by One Off, Mar. 31 – Apr. 8 2023 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery.

Opening: March 31, 2023

Venue: One Off

Time: from 4 PM

Entrance: KES 500/- (Incl. Welcome Drink)

Until April 8, 2023

Everything KES 100,000/- and below.

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.

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

Two Simultaneous Exhibitions: “Prints, Limited Iterations,” and “That Which Divides”, Apr. 3 -30 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening: Sunday, April 3 2022

Venue: One Off Gallery

Time: Noon – 4 PM

Until: April 30, 2022

Gallery opening times: Tuesday through Sunday,
10am to 4.30pm

About

One Off is delighted and proud to present Prints, Limited Edition Iterations; an exhibition of prints by some of the leading practitioners in the region, curated by Thom Ogonga.  The gallery thanks all the participating artists for their contributions and we also celebrate Thom Ogonga for his tireless efforts to raise the profile of prints and their creators, both locally and internationally.

Meanwhile, in the Loft Gallery we host a beautiful mixed show of recent works entitled That Which Divides.  Participating artists include Olivia Pendergast, Peterson Kamwathi, Elias Mung’ora, Peter Ngugi, Richard Kimathi and Nelson Ijakaa.

Please note that both exhibitions open on SUNDAY 3rd April from noon to 4pm.

ArtAffair ’22 – Art Fair, Mar. 11-13 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening: Friday 11th March 2022

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Time: from 4pm to 8pm

Entry: KES 500/- (Friday Only)

Until March 13, 2022

Time: Noon – 6 PM

All the works will be Kshs 100 000 or less.  Many are from new names and are ideal for first time buyers and collectors.

Simultaneous Exhibition: ‘Seasons, Migration, Earth and Sky’ by Timothy Brooke & ‘Sacrifice Pasture’ by Elias Mung’ora, Nov. 27 2021 – Jan. 9 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opens: Saturday, November 27 2021

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Until: January 9, 2022

For more information, visit – ‘Seasons, Migration, Earth and Sky‘ by Timothy Brooke & ‘Sacrifice Pasture‘ by Elias Mung’ora.

Installation: Akili ni Nywele – Series III by Wambui Kamiru Collymore, Jul. 31 – Aug. 22 2021 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Dates: Until August 22, 2021

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

About

An installation about femininity and the cultural legacy of colonialism in the perception of Africa and Black women‘s beauty.

Find more information, here.

Christmas Exhibition: Latest Works from a Selection of Artists, Until Jan. 16 2021 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Dates: Until January 16, 2021
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Then and Now: An Exhibition of Selected Works from the EAVAT (formally RaMoMA) Collection, Oct. 31 – Nov. 22 2020 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opens: Saturday, October 31 2020
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate,
Time: 10am to 4.30pm

Until: November 22, 2020 (Gallery Open Tuesday through Sunday)

About
One Off is excited to invite you to view ‘Then and Now’, an exhibition of selected works from the EAVAT (formally RaMoMA) Collection*. This will be the first major showing of the works in over ten years. Works from the Collection are not for sale, but each has been paired with a recent work from the same artist which is for sale. We are thrilled that some of the biggest names in the region have agreed to participate and that our audience will have the chance to compare the development and changes in each artist’s practice.

Please note that masks are mandatory around the gallery.

Solo Exhibition by Elias Mung’ora, Sept. 26 – Oct. 18 2020 @ One Off Contemporary

Exhibition Opening: Saturday, September 26 2020
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Until October 18, 2020 (Gallery Open Tuesday through Sunday)

About
One Off Gallery is delighted to host a solo exhibition for Elias Mung’ora. The show comprises vintage Mung’ora acrylic on canvas works; urban life at its most intense, huddles of people populate the surfaces, whispering, conspiring and consoling. Times are tough and Mung’ora paints the front line of economic hardship but also portrays our famous Kenyan resilience and ingenuity.

These people are survivors, brilliantly observed and represented in acrylic on canvas by Mung’ora.

Please note that masks are mandatory around the gallery.

Exhibition: ‘Facing Life’, by Olivia Pendergast, Jan. 25 – Feb. 23 2020 @ #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate

Opens: Saturday, 25 January 2020
Venue: #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate (One Off Contemporary Art Gallery)

Until: February 23, 2020

About
One Off proudly opens the year with an exhibition of glorious portraits (and a couple of beautiful landscapes) by Olivia Pendergast. ‘Facing Life’ is vintage Pendergast.

Rich oil painting replete with her signature over-drawing.

Exhibition by Mercy Kagia and David Thuku, Oct. 26 – Nov. 24 2019 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening: Saturday, 26 October 2019
Venue: One Off Contemporary Gallery
Time: Noon to 5pm

Until: November 24, 2019

One Off proudly presents ‘Travel Drawings’ by Mercy Kagia. Kagia gained a BA (Hons) in Illustration before moving on to a Masters in Drawing as Process. Her academic achievement culminated in a PhD in Documentary Drawing from Kingston University, London.

She combines her academic career with practice and has exhibited widely in UK, Bahrain, Kenya and Germany. Her work is mainly based on direct observation and for this she has been commissioned to document various events and projects as a reportage artist. ‘Travel drawings’ includes sketches and illustrations made in South Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Australia, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina.

‘En – light’ An Exhibition of Works on Canvas by Fitsum Berhe, May 25 – Jun. 23 2019 @ One Off

Private View: Saturday, 25 May – Noon to 5pm

Exhibition Dates: May 26 – June 23, 2019
Venue: One Off Contemporary

Exhibition: ‘Fishy Business’ – and more by Anthony Okello, Apr. 27 – May 19, 2019 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening: April 27, 2019
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Until: May 19, 2019

“Documentation”, An Exhibition of Works on Canvas by Ehoodi Kichapi, Mar. 30 – Apr. 21 2019 @ One Off – #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate

Opening: March 30,2019
Venue: One Off – #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree Estate
Time: Noon – 5 pm

Until: April 21, 2019

Exhibition: ‘Wakariru’, An Art Installation by Wambui Kamiru Collymore, Mar. 24 – Apr. 30 2019 2019 @ Rosslyn Riviera Popup

One Off is proud to present #Wakariru in its POP UP SPACE at Rosslyn Riviera.

Dates: March 24 – April 30, 2019
Venue: Rosslyn Riviera Mall

About
The art installation is about the destruction of the language for everyday things and the accompanying loss of orally documented knowledge. It looks at memory and the forgotten history of the role of women in the Mau Mau war. The show opens at noon on Sunday 24 March.

Exhibition: Boundaries by Eltayeb Dawelbait & Carbon Mwini, Nov. 22 – Dec. 14 2018 @ Rosslyn Riviera Mall

Opening: November 22, 2018
Venue: Rosslyn Riviera Mall
Time: 5-8 pm

On until December 14, 2018

About
A joint exhibition between The Attic and One Off Gallery, presents the work of Eltayeb Dawelbait and Carbon Mwini. Welcome to the opening of this unique art experience at our new space.

The exhibition will be open until the 14th of December.

Exhibition: Fanta Orange Na Mkate Nusu by Peter Ngugi, Sept. 29 – Oct. 23 2018 @ One Off Contemporary

Opening: September 29, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary
Time: Noon – 5 pm
Until October 23, 2018

About
One Off Gallery is immensely proud to be hosting an exhibition titled ‘Fanta Orange Na Mkate Nusu’ of Peter Ngugi’s latest oil paintings. In this series of works Peter explores the incentives offered to motivate the Kenyan public to vote.

Each work depicts groups of people surrounded by the ‘goodies’ used to influence the ballot box. Meticulously executed, these paintings are surely on their way to international markets.

New Art Works by Artists Represented by One Off, Jul. 28 – Aug. 21 2018 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Dates: July 28 – August 21, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

New Art Works by: Naomi Van Rampelberg, Peter Ngugi, Antony Okello, Collin Sekajugo, James Mbuthia, Harrison Mburu, Olivia Pendergast and Peter Elungat

Exhibition: ‘Line,’ Curated by Thom Ogonga & Jonathan Solanke, Jul. 28 – Aug. 21 2018 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening/Preview: July 28, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: noon -5 pm

Until: August 21, 2018

About
One Off is delighted to host an exhibition by guest curator Thom Ogonga assisted by Jonathan Solanke. The exhibition explores the basic elements within images and demonstrates the enormous diversity of line. It will also introduce some fresh and inspiring talent alongside some well known names.

Exhibition: Contemplations – Paintings by Ehoodi Kichapi, Jun. 30 – Jul. 24 2018 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening: June 30, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: Noon to 5 pm

Until: July 24, 2018

About
One Off is proud to host ‘Contemplations’, an exhibition of paintings by Ehoodi Kichapi.

The exhibition offers an exceptional opportunity to buy a Kichapi paper work at less than half the usual price. A great number of paintings on paper will be available, over the exhibition run only, for Kshs 50 000 each.

Please come and take this wonderful opportunity to add to your collection.

Exhibition: Earth and Sky – Paintings by Timothy Brooke, May 26 – Jun. 26 2018 @ One Off Contemporary

Opening: May 26, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: Noon to 5 pm

Until: June 26, 2018

Exhibition: Conversation in Silence by James Mbuthia, May 5-22 2018 @ One Off Contemporary

One Off is proud to invite you to an exhibition of new paintings by James Mbuthia; “Conversation in Silence”.

Opening: May 5, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary
Time: noon – 5 pm

Until May 22, 2018

“Conversation in Silence” at One Off features new works made over the last one year and is a continuation of the artist’s exploration of telling stories using imagery generated from sounds and using nature as his point of departure in his art making. He says it is a culmination of paintings that have been produced as a result of him sitting, observing, enjoying and silently communicating with nature.
Ogonga Thom – 2018

Additional Vernissage – This Weekend in Presence of Lisa Milroy & Xavier Verhoest, Apr. 14 2018 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Date: April 14, 2018
Venue: One Off Gallery
Time: 2-4.30 pm

In celebration of the new One Off Gallery space and the outstanding quality of the exhibitions by LISA MILROY, XAVIER VERHOEST and the cream of our Kenyan artists, One Off Gallery is proud to invite anyone who missed the opening of the exhibitions last Saturday, to an additional Vernissage in the presence of both Lisa Milroy and Xavier Verhoest on Saturday, 14th April – 2pm to 4.30pm.

Lisa Milroy will also deliver a talk explaining her practice on Thursday, 19th April – 2.30pm at One Off Gallery. All are welcome.

Exhibition: ‘A Conversation; Not Quite as it Appears,’ by Lizzie Thurman, Feb. 24 – Apr. 3 2018 @ One Off

Opening/Private View: Saturday, 24 February 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary Gallery
Time: Noon to 5 pm

The exhibition runs until 3 April 2018

About
For our February show, One Off is very proud to feature ‘A conversation; not quite as it appears’, which is a wonderfully original and diverse exhibition by visiting British artist Lizzie Thurman. It comprises wildly colourful sculptural busts along with beautiful line drawings and intriguing mono-types.

Exhibition: Reflections by David Roberts, Linda Furniss & Olivia Pendergast, Feb. 7 – May 1 2018 @ Sankara Nairobi

Opening: February 7, 2018
Venue: Sankara, Nairobi
Time: from 6.30 pm
Entry: RSVP (linet.shavisa@sankara.com)

On Until: May 1, 2018

About
Once again One Off is delighted to partner with Sankara to host three talented artists in a group show titled ‘Reflections’; David Roberts with his sensitively rendered flowers and landscape portrayals of some of the remoter areas of Kenya; Linda Furniss with her refreshingly competent use of oil pastel in drawing some of Kenya’s best loved street scenes and finally, Olivia Pendergast’s oil paintings, which are proving to be one of the hottest ‘must haves’ on the art buyers wish list.

Please RSVP to linet.shavisa@sankara.com if you would like to attend the opening at Sankara on Wednesday 7 February.

Exhibition: Blue, Darkly, Deeply, Beautifully Blue, Nov. 25 2017 – Jan. 15 2018 @ One Off Contemporary

Private View: Saturday, 25 November 2017
Exhibition Run: 25 November 2017 – 15 January 2018

Featuring works by: Richard Kimathi, Kyalo Justus, Anthony Okello, Ehoodi Kichapi, James Muriuki, Rashid Diab, Dickens Otieno, Timothy Brooke and James Mbuthia

http://www.oneoffafrica.com/blue.html

Exhibition: The Nude II, Sept. 30 – Oct. 24 2017 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Opening: September 30, 2017
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

Until: October 24, 2017

About
This exhibition includes works by Peterson Kamwathi, Leena Shah, Tabitha wa Thuku and Yony Waite, along with previous ‘Nude’ veteran exhibitors Olivia Pendergast, Talal Cockar and Anthony Russell.