Exhibition: Soi: The Three Chapters – An Exhibition of Paintings by Ancent, Michael and Malli Soi, Jun. 24 – Jul. 23 2023 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery.

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Opening: June 24, 2023

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery  

Exhibitions Run: Until July 23, 2023
Gallery open: Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am – 5:00pm and Sunday, from noon – 5:00pm

About

SOI: The Three Chapters; paintings from three generations within the Soi Dynasty. From the dancing animals of Ancent Soi, along with his beautifully detailed anthropological record of the Maasai and Kamba culture, to the saucy and politically incorrect acrylics of his son Michael and ending with the beautifully observed,  honest paintings of his fifteen year old daughter Malli, the exhibition spans the generations.  Three distinct styles, three diverse frames of reference but with a curiously strong thread which runs down through the generations. 

Curated by Thom Ogonga, the show is a fascinating and beautiful vignette of one family’s view of their culture, its influences and their immediate surroundings.

Exhibition: Soi: The Three Chapters – An Exhibition of Paintings by Ancent, Michael and Malli Soi, Jun. 24 – Jul. 23 2023 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery.

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Opening: June 24, 2023

Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery  

Exhibitions Run: Until July 23, 2023
Gallery open: Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am – 5:00pm and Sunday, from noon – 5:00pm

About

SOI: The Three Chapters; paintings from three generations within the Soi Dynasty. From the dancing animals of Ancent Soi, along with his beautifully detailed anthropological record of the Maasai and Kamba culture, to the saucy and politically incorrect acrylics of his son Michael and ending with the beautifully observed,  honest paintings of his fifteen year old daughter Malli, the exhibition spans the generations.  Three distinct styles, three diverse frames of reference but with a curiously strong thread which runs down through the generations. 

Curated by Thom Ogonga, the show is a fascinating and beautiful vignette of one family’s view of their culture, its influences and their immediate surroundings.

Exhibition: Sex & The City V by Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga, Feb. 15-28 2023 @ Alliance Française.  

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Dates: February 15-28, 2023

Venue: Alliance Française

About

Sex & The City V is a continued exploration of the city’s controversial sex industry. Allowing for sometimes uncomfortable musings about personal relations between consenting adults.

The exhibition portrays snapshots of a lifestyle that is generally accepted but deemed immoral.

It provokes us to contemplate the depths beneath the images, parody of social realities in the space we live in – Nairobi, without glorifying promiscuity.

Exhibition: Sex & The City V by Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga, Feb. 15-28 2023 @ Alliance Française.  

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Dates: February 15-28, 2023

Venue: Alliance Française

About

Sex & The City V is a continued exploration of the city’s controversial sex industry. Allowing for sometimes uncomfortable musings about personal relations between consenting adults.

The exhibition portrays snapshots of a lifestyle that is generally accepted but deemed immoral.

It provokes us to contemplate the depths beneath the images, parody of social realities in the space we live in – Nairobi, without glorifying promiscuity.

Two Simultaneous Exhibitions: “Prints, Limited Iterations,” and “That Which Divides”,  Apr. 3 -30 2022 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

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Opening: Sunday, April 3 2022

Venue: One Off Gallery

Time: Noon – 4 PM

Until: April 30, 2022

Gallery opening times: Tuesday through Sunday,
10am to 4.30pm

About

One Off is delighted and proud to present Prints, Limited Edition Iterations; an exhibition of prints by some of the leading practitioners in the region, curated by Thom Ogonga.  The gallery thanks all the participating artists for their contributions and we also celebrate Thom Ogonga for his tireless efforts to raise the profile of prints and their creators, both locally and internationally.

Meanwhile, in the Loft Gallery we host a beautiful mixed show of recent works entitled That Which Divides.  Participating artists include Olivia Pendergast, Peterson Kamwathi, Elias Mung’ora, Peter Ngugi, Richard Kimathi and Nelson Ijakaa.

Please note that both exhibitions open on SUNDAY 3rd April from noon to 4pm.

Exhibition: Sex and the City IV by Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga, Aug. 17 – Sept. 19 2020 @ Alliance Française

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Date: Opening August 17, 2020
Venue: Alliance Française

Until September 19, 2020

Visual satire or not? Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga return with Sex and the City IV. The exhibition is a mirror play of humour and sobriety. Using their art as social commentary, Soi and Ogonga share their fascination with the city’s night life in these pandemic times.

In-person visits welcome to the Alliance Française gallery while maintaining the necessary safety protocols.

Exhibition: Sex and the City IV by Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga, Aug. 17 – Sept. 19 2020 @ Alliance Française

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Date: Opening August 17, 2020
Venue: Alliance Française

Until September 19, 2020

Visual satire or not? Michael Soi and Thom Ogonga return with Sex and the City IV. The exhibition is a mirror play of humour and sobriety. Using their art as social commentary, Soi and Ogonga share their fascination with the city’s night life in these pandemic times.

In-person visits welcome to the Alliance Française gallery while maintaining the necessary safety protocols.

Exhibition: Village Gentrification, Sept. 28 – Oct. 31 2019 @ One Off Contemporary Gallery

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Opening: September 28, 2019
Venue: One Off Contemporary Gallery
Time: noon – 5 pm

Until October 31, 2019

About
One Off is delighted to feature Thom Ogonga’s ‘Village Gentrification’, a collection of mainly black and white prints, in its main exhibition space through October 2019.

Thom says of his work ‘I am interested in the daily happenings around the space I live in and even more fascinated by the nocturnal activities. All the things that color the night; bar brawls, disco scenes, gambling, prostitution etc. excite the artist in me and feature prominently in my artistic practice’.

An accompanying exhibition of prints by a selection of other artists working in Nairobi will be shown in our additional space at #16 Rosslyn Lone Tree.

This show is curated by Thom Ogonga.

Exhibition: ‘Line,’ Curated by Thom Ogonga & Jonathan Solanke, Jul. 28 – Aug. 21 2018 @ One Off Contemporary Art Gallery

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Opening/Preview: July 28, 2018
Venue: One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Time: noon -5 pm

Until: August 21, 2018

About
One Off is delighted to host an exhibition by guest curator Thom Ogonga assisted by Jonathan Solanke. The exhibition explores the basic elements within images and demonstrates the enormous diversity of line. It will also introduce some fresh and inspiring talent alongside some well known names.

Exhibition: Sex and the City III by Michael Soi, Thom Ogonga & Onyis Martin, Nov. 6-12 2017 @ Alliance Française

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Dates: November 6-12, 2017
Venue: Alliance Française

About
Sex & the City III is an objective look at what the three participating artists – Michael Soi, Thom Ogonga and Onyis Martin are interested in: from courtship, to sex as a tool of uplifting one’s economic status, to same sex relations, as well as the pretence of being liberal.

It looks at the thin line between culprit and victim while re-questioning the subject within the space we line in Nairobi. Sex & The City playfully (in a serious way) explores the burgeoning local sex tools industry, body enhancement and the place of moral institutions in all this.