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Installation day, with appearances by Paul Onditi,

Installation day, with appearances by Paul Onditi, Florin Iki, and Jonathan Fraser.

Something new from Paul Njihia (@njihia_art) Clos

Something new from Paul Njihia (@njihia_art)

Closing Day Parade (2020), oil on canvas, 120 x 200 cm

On this final day of Shabu Mwangi's solo exhibition, we'd like to thank you all for the overwhelming support for our first show of 2020.

Look out for a hang new work by various Nairobi-based artists in the coming week.

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We're heading into the new week thinking about thi

We're heading into the new week thinking about this lovely small painting, Bananas (2021), by Sane Wadu.
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Book an appointment with the link in bio, and come see this and other works by Sane Wadu and other artists from East Africa. And please note that Shabu Mwangi's show, The Source of Our Seas, is still on until 26 February; #LinkInBio

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We're pleased to let you know that Shabu Mwangi's

We're pleased to let you know that Shabu Mwangi's second solo show at Circle Art Gallery has been extended.

You now have until 27th February to see the exhibition. Use the link in the bio to book an appointment to see the exhibition.

Image: Self Cage (2021), Naked Self (2021), Untitled (2020), all oil on board.

Today we get to host 17 very talented young artist

Today we get to host 17 very talented young artists. Thank you @wajukuuarts for bringing the kids to the gallery, and giving us a chance to see the exhibition through their eyes.

#WajukuuArts #YoungArtists #CircleArtGallery #KidsDoItBetter

Congratulations to Jackie Karuti on being awarded

Congratulations to Jackie Karuti on being awarded the Follow Fluxus – After Fluxus 2021 grant for young contemporary artists

The jury chose from 79 nominations and justified the choice as follows: in the apparent void between silence and action, Jackie Karuti develops multi-layered thinking spaces in which everything is in flux. She leaves it up to us to join the flow and decide where and in what form we travel into our future. Her research-based and at the same time speculative work moves between natural and social sciences and yet goes far beyond them. It opens alternative perspectives and visualizes all those possibilities which can be reached through a free, limitless, radical imagination. In her experimental multimedia artistic practice, ranging from drawing, to film, to performances and installations, she examines the way we perceive and believe to know, taking on complex topics such as identity, sexuality, knowledge production, urban culture, and the local communities.

The jury of five persons consisted of Haegue Yang (artist, Berlin/Seoul, and professor at Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule, Frankfurt), Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (curator, founder and artistic director of SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, and Curator-at-large for documenta 14), Michael Berger (Collection Berger, Wiesbaden), Monique Behr (Cultural Office Wiesbaden) and Elke Gruhn (chairwoman, artistic director and curator, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden). Jackie Karuti was nominated by Dirk Snauwaert, director of WIELS – Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels, for the grant.

Have you watched our video interview with Shabu Mw

Have you watched our video interview with Shabu Mwangi yet? Click the link in the bio to listen to Shabu talk about his artistic journey and the place of art in the community.

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Shabu Mwangi, Birthplace (II), 2021, Oil on board,

Shabu Mwangi, Birthplace (II), 2021, Oil on board, 40 x 30 cm

Shabu Mwangi's solo show, The Source of Our Seas, in on until the 17th of February. Check the links in our bio to book an appointment to see the show. You can also check out the show our @artsy page.

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Sane Wadu came by today and here he is with Broken

Sane Wadu came by today and here he is with Broken Bones (2020) his favourite piece from Shabu Mwangi's ongoing solo show.

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Shabu Mwangi, The Source of Our Seas, is on until

Shabu Mwangi, The Source of Our Seas, is on until the 17th of this month. Use the link in bio to book an appointment to see the show.

#ShabuMwangi #CircleArtGallery #ContemporaryAfricanArt #NairobiContemporary

A heartwarming moment during Wednesday night's ope

A heartwarming moment during Wednesday night's opening of Shabu Mwangi's exhibition, The Source of Our Seas. Shabu is seen here laughing with Kenyan artist @tabithawathuku

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Today is the day, Shabu Mwangi’s exhibition - Th

Today is the day, Shabu Mwangi’s exhibition - The Source of our Seas, opens #circleartgallery 4-7pm booking via our bio. Birthplace l, ll, lll shown here #kenyancontemporaryart #kenyanart #africancontemporaryart #cromwellplace #shabumwangi

Artists in conversation today for the video accomp

Artists in conversation today for the video accompanying Shabu Mwangi’s exhibition The Source of our Seas, opening Wed 27th #circleartgallery #shabumwangi #sitawanamwalie #contemporarykenyanartists #artandpoetry #kenyanart #cromwellplace

Lessons for installation day from Peterson (@p_kam

Lessons for installation day from Peterson (@p_kamwathi) and Shabu (@shabumwangi): coordinate your outfit colours with the paintings. Be like Peterson and Shabu.

Shabu's show, The Source of Our Seas, opens on Wednesday next week; check the link in the bio to book an slot to see the show.

#ShabuMwangi #TheSourceofOurSeas #CircleArtGallery #NairobiContemporary

A little midweek reverie courtesy of Boniface Main

A little midweek reverie courtesy of Boniface Maina (@maina_b1), for all us lovers of his captivating, dreamscapes

Wavering Wind (2021), Acrylic on canvas.

Check the link in bio to read Zihan Kassam's piece on his recent works.

#BonifaceMaina #CircleArtGallery #NairobiContemporary #ContemporaryAfricanArt

In the coming weeks we'll be highlighting the arti

In the coming weeks we'll be highlighting the artists who have solo exhibitions in our programme for 2021.

The first is Shabu Mwangi, whose show The Source of Our Seas, opens next Wednesday, 27 January. This is as show of new paintings, accompanied by poetry by Shabu himself. This will be Shabu's second solo at Circle, following his very well received show.

Check out Shabu's artist page on our website to learn more, and use the link in our bio to book an appointment to see the show.

Image: Birthplace (ii), 2021, oil on board, 40 x 30 cm

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