The Works Of Wangechi Mutu (Artist Who Appeared In Jay Z’s Video) Coming To Kenya

Kenyans will finally get a chance to see the works of Wangechi Mutu, the celebrated contemporary artiste.

Her work will be featured among other artists’ works at the #KwaniAt10 Book Party which takes place this Friday, 29th November at The Marshall’s Warehouse on Loita Street.

Wangechi Mutu was born in 1972 in Nairobi where she attended Loreto Convent Msongari between 1978 and 1989. Mutu has studied in a variety of schools including United World College of the Atlantic, The New School, Parsons School of Art & Design, Cooper Union and Yale University.

As one of the most outstanding African artists, she has managed to showcase her work in solo and group exhibitions at some of the world’s most important art galleries and museums including Ill Capricorno (Venice), Gladstone Gallery (New York), Wiels Contemporary Museum (Brussels), Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego), Susanne Vielmetter Gallery (Los Angeles), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Sompo Japan Museum of Art (Tokyo) among others.

She recently appeared in Jay Z’s Picasso Baby video which was shot at The New York Gallery. She now lives and works in New York but her work will be open for viewing by the Kenyan public when it is exhibited at the event this Friday. Her work will be curated by Mbithi Masya, graphic designer, video director and member of art collective, Just A Band.

Entrance is Kshs. 400 at the door but for Kshs. 1,000 in advance, you get a copy of either Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, who will both be present at the event. Buy advance tickets here.