Atlantico: Angola and São Tomé & Príncipe Contemporary Circle Art Gallery, 22 January 2020 – 23 February 2020 To view exhibition portfolio and prices click here. Circle’s first exhibition for 2020 is a group show featuring 11 artists from Angola and one from São Tomé & Príncipe; a combination of established masters & emerging artists…
Michael Soi: Heaven Can Wait Circle Art Gallery, 12 December 2019 – 10 January 2020 To view exhibition portfolio and prices click here. Soi’s inspiration is city life. His work provides a photographic diary of Nairobi and is a satirical commentary of social, economic and political trends. It explores intergenerational and interracial relationships and what…
I will see what I want to see Circle Art Gallery, 13 November – 7 December 2019 To view exhibition portfolio and prices click here. Featuring: Jess Atieno, Jonathan Fraser, Peterson Kamwathi, Yaye Kassamali, Onyis Martin, Florin Iki Mmaka, Miska Mohmmed, Anthony Muisyo, Elias Mung’ora, Dennis Muraguri, Precious Narotso, Sujay Shah, Gor Soudan, Lemek Tompoika,…
Lucid Dreams Circle Art Gallery, 11 September – 11 October 2019 To view exhibition portfolio and prices click here. How can process, chosen media, and the resulting forms reveal the exploratory qualities of art making? Lucid Dreams uses drawing, painting, sculpture and video to think through how the acts and decisions involved in the making…
Guillaume Bonn: From Maputo to Mogadishu Circle Art Gallery, 3-26 July 2019 To view exhibition portfolio and prices click here. From Maputo to Mogadishu For many years Bonn has been trying to come to terms with the changes that are transforming Africa into a place that is far removed from what he knew as a…
Tegene Kunbi & Robel Temesgen: RE:PUBLIC Circle Art Gallery, 5 – 29 June 2019 Curated by Wanja Kimani To view exhibition portfolio and prices click here. “What is the point of making a pot if it cannot hold water?” Through painting and ceramic works, Robel Temesgen explores the material quality of jebenas (Ethiopian coffee pots)…
Salah Elmur: Studio Kamal Circle Art Gallery, 24 April to 24 May 2019 To view the full exhibition portfolio and prices click here. Salah Elmur (Sudanese, born 1966) Salah Elmur’s work is composed from a fertile visual vocabulary that draws on his observations of life, returning to childhood and youth for the scenes, situations, and impressions that…
A Spectacular Now Circle Art Gallery, 30 January – 16 February 2019 Evans Mbugua and Dennis Osadebe A Spectacular Now is an invitation to delight in the present and find pleasure in the everyday. Key to the work of these artists is optimism and an insistence on drawing happiness from the vicissitudes of daily life, to…
Kaloki Nyamai: Mwaki Nginya Evinda Enge (The Fire Next Time) Circle Art Gallery, 9 – 25 January 2019 The intimate relationship between colonial violence and independence led Kaloki Nyamai to investigate what happens when fire is a form of familial erasure. He performs his investigation through painting, performative installations and experimental works. How do we imagine…
Harare Contemporary Circle Art Gallery, 28 November – 21 December 2018 Defying expectation, bad press and international perception of their country, Zimbabwean artists have forged ahead over the past decade, becoming a major force in contemporary African art. This exhibition brings together 13 emerging and established Zimbabwean artists, curated by Valerie Kabov, First Floor Gallery, for…