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About
Boniface Maina was born in Nanyuki. He lives and works in Nairobi where he earned his diploma in Art and Design from the YMCA National Training Institute in 2008. In 2013 he, along with David Thuku and Michel Musyoka founded the Brush Tu artists’ collective, a communal studio space. He has previously had solo exhibitions at The Art Space in Nairobi (Line of Inquiry, 2016) and the Nairobi Gallery (Transitions, 2017). He has participated in group exhibitions in Nairobi, Lagos, Dubai, and Venice. His work has also been exhibited at international art fairs; AKAA Paris, FNB Jo’burg Art Fair, and Art X Lagos, and World Art Dubai.
Maina works predominantly in painting and drawing. He is an observer of human action and emotion, and in his work, he investigates the inconsistencies and conflicts inherent in human interactions. In this new body of work, especially in the Odd Realities series, Maina reflects on the voluntary and involuntary changes to everyday life brought about by events of the past year. Maina’s characters find themselves in a suspended state, restricted, literally and metaphorically, in the ways they can move and act. In a parallel series, Maina paints himself in idyllic locations: lolling in a hammock behind a white veil; relaxing in front of a fire with a glass of whisky; or tweaking a transistor radio at the fictional Therema Inn, with a rich sunset in the background. In these works, he thinks of the places he’s been, and those he would like to go to.
This exhibition presents us with a story of watching, waiting and wishing.

Online Conversation / Pan-African Forum: Defining Pan-Africanism, Oct. 27 2020

October 26, 2020

by nairobi with No Comment debate events

Date: Tuesday, 27th October 2020
Medium: Zoom
Time: 7.30 pm

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_09L2OFjATwmixbvhgOZ2jg

About
Welcome to the inaugural Pan-African Forum. These series of online conversations will amplify African perspectives on a range of social, economic, and political issues. Featuring intellectuals from the African continent and diaspora, these forums will enrich ongoing conversations within and among the range of conceptual, geographical, ideological and linguistic regions of Africa and the diaspora, envisioning the potential and possibility of working together beyond the narrow confines of Nation States.

This first forum will be anchored by Mr. Brian Kagoro and will give us an overview of the history and conceptual underpinnings of Pan-Africanism. Brian Kagoro, a Zimbabwean citizen, is a Pan-Africanist constitutional and economic relations lawyer and a development governance enthusiast.

The Forums will be moderated by Dr. Mshai Mwangola, Performance Scholar.

Online Conversation / Pan-African Forum: Defining Pan-Africanism, Oct. 27 2020

October 26, 2020

by nairobi with No Comment debate events

Date: Tuesday, 27th October 2020
Medium: Zoom
Time: 7.30 pm

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_09L2OFjATwmixbvhgOZ2jg

About
Welcome to the inaugural Pan-African Forum. These series of online conversations will amplify African perspectives on a range of social, economic, and political issues. Featuring intellectuals from the African continent and diaspora, these forums will enrich ongoing conversations within and among the range of conceptual, geographical, ideological and linguistic regions of Africa and the diaspora, envisioning the potential and possibility of working together beyond the narrow confines of Nation States.

This first forum will be anchored by Mr. Brian Kagoro and will give us an overview of the history and conceptual underpinnings of Pan-Africanism. Brian Kagoro, a Zimbabwean citizen, is a Pan-Africanist constitutional and economic relations lawyer and a development governance enthusiast.

The Forums will be moderated by Dr. Mshai Mwangola, Performance Scholar.

Exhibition: Photographs by Paul Kariuki Munene (Quaint Photography), Oct. 8-31 2020 @ Alliance Française

October 6, 2020

by nairobi with One Comment art exhibits Photography

Dates: October 8-31, 2020

Venue: Alliance Française

The ubiquitous Paul Kariuki Munene, impossible to miss at concerts around Nairobi, presents a selection of thirty black and white photos of live music events at the Alliance Française.

Were it not for Paul, Nairobi would not have an archive of music events. We applaud the photographer’s dedication to documenting Nairobi’s evolving live concerts’ scene over the last ten years. These photos are published regularly on his Facebook page, ‘Quaint Photography’.

Paul’s fascination for black and white photography goes back to his childhood. He loved the cool black and white photos of his parents’ wedding and those 1960s black and white studio portraits.

Having started with a point and shoot camera on a visit to Lamu in 2004, Paul has gradually mastered his craft and graduated to the latest digital technology. Paul is a freelance photographer and works with PR companies, brands, and development agencies.