Day 25: Wanja Githua
As Wanja puts it, “I want viewers to experience positive vibrations when looking at my work...I want them to be inspired to create, to go beyond, grow, be the best versions of themselves...I aim for my art to speak to the viewer and evoke emotions.”
Day 24: Sandy Wauye
Sandy Wauye is a Kenyan based painter and illustrator. She is an emerging artist who has been honing her painting skills working in oil, gouache and pastels.
Day 23: Amna Elhassan
Amna is inspired by the resilience of women in her community as she describes " I feel like I owe them so much. I used to live my own experience only. But now, as I celebrate women in my community every day in my studio, I feel like I live with them. And as I live with them I learn from them
Day 22: Shiija Masele
"Art teaches me a lot about what happens in society. the way people live, the politics of their societies, their social lives. Through art across the world you can understand what is happening in different parts of the world."
Day 21: Katanu Kay Sanna
Katanu Kay Sanna is a Kenyan visual artist who uses a utilizes a mixture of abstract and hyper realistic paintings merged with fabric collages. Her mediums are oil paint, kitenge fabrics and sometimes acrylic.
Day 20: Melissa Joe
Melissa Joe is a Kenyan visual artist and the president of The Hadassah Project. As she describes "Through The Hadassah Project, tomorrow's leaders get an opportunity to explore their uniquely gifted areas and thrive within them - something a lot of us have been unable to do
Day 19: Joy Mandieka
Joy Mandieka is a visual artist based in Nairobi, Kenya. She studied Fine Art & Design at Kenyatta University. Although her practice involves painting, she also does pencil drawing, graphic design and fabric design.
Day 18: Victoria N. Thuo
Victoria N.Thuo, popularly referred to as Blaine 29 is a visual artist based in Nairobi. She specializes in Painting, graffiti/Murals.
Day 16: Crista Uwase
Crista Uwase is a collage artist based in Rwanda and most of her works are painted with bits of torn paper pasted onto canvas. The work is composed of many layers of torn paper which are formed from different colours, textures, and weights of paper from various magazines or other printed material.
Day 09: Eileen Tamining
Eileen Tamining is a Kenyan based painter and illustrator. She has been an artist for the last 7 years. She graduated from Kenyatta University with a degree in Fine Art and Design. Her specialty is painting and interior design and she focuses on expressionist portraiture.
Day 07: Sebawali Sio
Sebawali’s art regularly stems from her feelings communicated through painting and sculpting and her work primarily deals with the exploration of sexual, physical and emotion abuse of women.
Day 05: Chelwek
Naney Chelagat popularly known as Chelwek is a Nairobi based artist, illustrator, muralist and graffiti artist who has been featured in various local press publications and has exhibited internationally.
Day 04: Nadia Wamuyu
Nadia Wamuyu is a well established Kenyan based visual artist and founder of the N.W. Art Gallery.
Day 03: Agnes Waruguru
Waruguru’s work ranges from painting, drawing, printmaking, needlework and installation. The materiality of objects in space is at the core of her explorations, which are intimately rooted in personal identity politics, often referencing women’s practices and traditional cultural identifiers.
Day 02: Sungi Mlengeya
Sungi Mlengeya is a Tanzanian artist who’s spare, monochromatic acrylic portraits depict Black subjects, mostly women, dressed in white clothing and positioned against white backgrounds.
Day 01: Souad Abdelrassoul
Souad Abdelrassoul is a Sudan based artist who’s practice spans various media; drawing, painting, sculpture and graphic design.