Mixed media
Wanjiru
Wanjiru
Kamau
Nocturnal guardians painted on raw canvas, between Kikuyu tales and ecological concern.
Biography
« My grandmother's tales were already warnings. »
Wanjiru Kamau works with raw canvas, pigment and oil pastel. Her guardian animals — owls, hornbills, leopards — keep watch over vanishing forests.
Alongside her practice she runs workshops with Nairobi schools on observational drawing and the memory of folk tales.
Career
- “Watchers”, duo exhibition — Fadelle Institut
- Artist residency, Nairobi