CV
HIGHER EDUCATION
ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln - MA Digital Narratives 2022 - 2023 (guest student, winter semester).
Daystar University Nairobi Kenya - Diploma Communication - 2006 - 2010.
Kenya School of Professional Studies - Certificate in Computer Engineering – 2006.
LANGUAGES
German - A2 Advanced
Swahili - Native/bilingual proficiency
English - Native/bilingual proficiency
Kikuyu - Native/bilingual proficiency
WORKSHOPS & SHORT PROGRAMS
Wood Workshop - Savvy Contemporary: August 2024 - Berlin, Germany.
Sewing Studio - Savvy Contemporary: July2024 - Berlin, Germany.
HUG x Stability AI Innovation Laboratory: January 2024 - New York, USA.
Black Rhino VR 360/VR - Filmmaking: November 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Hustle Sasa - Incubation Program for Creatives: October 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Performing Resistance - Tiny OyoUnity @ Oyoun: September 2023 - Berlin, Germany.
The Home ReMixtape Archives - Tiny OyoUnity @ Oyoun: September 2023 - Berlin, Germany.
Hacking Systems - Tiny OyoUnity @ Oyoun: September 2023 - Berlin, Germany.
Basics of Sign Language - Deaf Artists Nft Collective: September, 2023 - Bangalore, India.
The Essentials Season 4 Seminar - Photography classes: October, 2023 - USA.
CAP Academy - Sana Sanaa - Project Management for Photographers: October, 2019 - Nairobi, Kenya.
SOLO EXHIBITION
Unearthed Archives Vol 1. Whirlpools (Virtual) Monolith Gallery: July, 2022 – USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
IN DAILOGUE, Musee Dezentral: February, 2024 - Berlin Germany.
The Joy City Exhibition: December, 2023 - Beijing, China.
Tiny OyoUnity Exhibition -The Home ReMixtape Archives - Oyoun: November, 2023 - Berlin, Germany
Coffee and Colonialism - A Bitter Taste - ifs Köln: February 2023 - Cologne, Germany, and March, 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya Metaverse Summit - NFT Exhibition: October, 2022 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Stratosphere NFT Art, NFT NYC 2022: June, 2022 - New York, USA.
NFT Liverpool: June, 2022 - Liverpool, England.
The Prologue - Namastey NFT: May, 2021 - Bangalore, India.
Ocean Photography, Image Collective Gallery, Ocean Terminal: June, 2021 - Edinburgh, Scotland.
URBAN 2020 @ Bollicine / Trieste Photo Fringe 2020, Trieste Photo Days Festival: December, 2020 – Trieste, Italy.
The Here and Now: September, 2020 - Art Gallery 5’14- Slovenia.
Virtual Photography 20:20, One Off Contemporary Art Gallery: May, 2020 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Young Guns, Circle Art Gallery: June, 2017 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya Art Fair, Circle Art Gallery Booth: November, 2016 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Frontiers of the Present, Circle Art Gallery: September, 2016 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Eye See Africa, Nikon Middle East and Africa: April, 2014 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Mwangalio Tofauti II, Goethe-Institut: May, 2013 - Nairobi, Kenya.
Writing with Light, Kuona Trust: December, 2009, Nairobi, Kenya.
PUBLICATIONS
"Nairobi Expressway" Zeitgeister Magazine: May 2024
Kenya Artists Diary: 2024.
Kulturweit-Magazin: 2022-2023.
National Geographic Your Shot: March, 2015 and November, 2019.
Chrono Magazine Issue 3 Urban - Chrono Collective: November, 2017.
CNN Online article “Stunning photos show Africa through African eyes”: April, 2014.
Featured and Awarded Gold on the Wild Planet Photo Magazine - No 42 Issue: April, 2017.
Public speaking and Photography Screening - Pecha Kucha: March, 2016.
IBM "The World is Our Lab" Photo Contest - Runners Up: April, 2014.
RESIDENCIES/ GRANTS/ SPONSORSHIPS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
Atlas of Uncertainty, Journeys transforming African Cityscapes Project: October – December 2024, Nairobi, Kenya.
UNESCO Kulturweit Tandem: November 2022 – February 2023, Nairobi, Kenya and Cologne, Germany.
Moving Africa - Bamako Encounter (Rencontres de Bamako): October, 2015 - Goethe Institut – Bamako, Mali.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Ndarugu Academy: September to November 2023, Thika, Kenya.
GoDown Art Center: March 2022, Nairobi Kenya.
Diaspora of Hope Art Camp: April, 2011, Kibera, Kenya.
Kuona Artist Collective: October 2009 to January 2010, Nairobi, Kenya.