Anita Kavochy Kenyan, b. 1993

Kavochy Anita is a Kenyan artist born in Kibera who primarily draws, paints, and experiments on different mediums and materials. Her work seeks to recover the layers of emotions that constitute the self and the relation to the world, the work questions the notion of home and belonging.

Kavochy studied at BuruBuru Institute of Fine Art in 2014 before joining Maasai Mbili Artist Collective in the same year. Her practice begun in the collective learning and working alongside Maasai mbili artists participating in exhibitions and workshops both individually and collaboratively.