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.