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2nd PLACE: Practicing Artist Category

NAME: Benson Gicharu

TITLE: Pata Potea

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 118 x 74 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: Whatever it takes to earn a living in Nairobi. The familiar and unfamiliar paths, straight or crooked, to make ends meet.
Sculptures & Installations, Winners - Practicing Artist Category

2nd PLACE: Student Artist Category

NAME: Steven Kiiti

TITLE: Breaking News

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 58 (L) x 5 (W) x 46 (H) cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: This work offers a reflection on the Corona virus, the news cycle and the changes in behavior since the virus spread to Kenya.
Sculptures & Installations, Winners - Student Artist Category

NAME: Victor Nderitu

TITLE: Still Hoping

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 50 x 50 x 50 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: A celebration of resilience.
Sculptures & Installations

NAME: Austine Omondi

TITLE: Naibot

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 152.4 x 60.96 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: A representation of hope despite death and destruction.
Sculptures & Installations

NAME: Joseph Mbiyu

TITLE: Reminisce

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 81.28 x 66.04 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: COVID-19 has disrupted lives and relationships. This piece reflects on the pain and loneliness caused by that disruption.
Sculptures & Installations

Judges’ Special Mention

NAME: David Muchai

TITLE: Make Peace Not War

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 195 x 42 x 45 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: A clarion call for reconciliation and love in a society increasingly characterized by self-interest, social challenges, mental health issues and violence.
Sculptures & Installations

NAME: Kevin Karuga

TITLE: Who is Tola?

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: Installation

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: A performative installation exploring human interaction with butterflies. The work is a reaction to the death of a friend, and asks the question, ‘How do we react in situations like this?’ The objective of this piece is three-fold storytelling, remembrance, and self-realization. A tribute to a fallen artist.
Sculptures & Installations

NAME: Benson Gicharu

TITLE: The Governor’s Seat

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 71 (L) x 72 (W) x 115 (H) cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: Appealing at first, the governor’s seat always turns out to be a hot one as a result of high levels of corruption. Even the usually-peaceful crane found on the county insignia is forced to turn its face away.
Sculptures & Installations

Judges’ Special Mention

NAME: Franklin Kiragu

TITLE: Dragged from the Throne of Nairobi

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 17 x 20 x 12 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: A depiction of the political battle that saw the removal of the former Nairobi governor.
Sculptures & Installations

Judges’ Special Mention

NAME: Franklin Kiragu

TITLE: The New Normal in Nairobi

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: 40 x 30 x 45 cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: A reflection on the changes in the community due to COVID-19.
Sculptures & Installations

NAME: James Dundi

TITLE: Model/Mresh

MEDIUM: Metal

DIMENSIONS: 152.4 (H) cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: Dundi turns the spotlight on the beautiful women of Kibera. He shows off their fashion sense and impeccable taste in wardrobe sourced from the heaps of ‘vintage’ clothing on sale at Toi Market.
Sculptures & Installations

Judges’ Special Mention

NAME: Dickson Nedia Were

TITLE: The Conversants

MEDIUM: Mixed Media Sculpture

DIMENSIONS: 152.1 (H) cm

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: My work is about the social conversations that women usually have when they gather, for example on different hairstyles at the salon. The same conservations will happen among men, discussing how beautiful the women are based on their physical features only. Nairobi men will always talk about Nairobi ladies (Madem wa Nai)
Sculptures & Installations

Judges’ Special Mention

NAME: Martin Jakaila Otieno

TITLE: Sounds and Voices of Nairobi

MEDIUM: Mixed Media

DIMENSIONS: Interactive Installation

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: The sights and sounds of Nairobi – from motorcycles to helicopters, and the voice of the ‘manamba’ at work.
Sculptures & Installations
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