Evans Mbugua is a graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts de Pau in 2005, where he trained in graphic design and began his professional career in Toulouse as an art director in visual communication. In 2012, he relocated to Paris and committed himself fully to his artistic practice. His first gallery exhibitions took place in 2015, followed by his first solo exhibition in Paris in 2016, and then in London in 2017.

Since then, his work has gained international recognition and has been presented in numerous gallery exhibitions and art fairs across Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. His paintings and sculptures were shown at the 19th Asian Art Biennale of Bangladesh (2022), the 59th Venice Art Biennale (2022) at AKKA Project gallery, and the 14th Dakar Biennale (2022) at Galerie Arte. This year he held his highly successful solo exhibition, Untold Histories, at Circle Art Gallery.