Reviews

http://www.happeningafrica.com/emerging-art-scene-in-nairobi/

Released In The Ending of Craving (2016) 

Acrylic/ Pastel on Canvas

50 cm x 60 cm

Paris On My Mind

Its very exciting to be part of this years' fair. See you at Carreau du Temple from the 20th till the 24th of October - Paris with ArtLabAfrica

Constantly Losing Moments (The StraitJacket Series) 

Mixed Media on Canvas

http://www.nataal.com/154-highlights/


http://www.riftcollection.com/blog/

Constantly Losing Moments II 

Mixed Media on Canvas 

70 cm x 60 cm 

This work is currently showing at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. 

Reviews

https://www.ft.com/content/29baf814-501d-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc

Coming Soon

http://1-54.com/london/exhibitors/art-lab-africa/

http://1-54.com/london/artists/beatrice-wanjku/

Studio

Processes, Forms, Sketches 

Reviews

http://www.happeningafrica.com/african-art-fair-154-is-back-for-the-second-time-in-new-york/

A Review

http://www.thestoryinstitute.com/nairobi-artists

http://archive.instituteartistmanagement.com/?49800532755136778403&EVENT=WEBSHOP_SEARCH&SEARCHMODE=OFFER&OFFER=1114

London On My Mind

At http://1-54.com/london/

Work in Progress 

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Wanjiku-featured-No-1-in-New-York-African-art-fair-/-/434746/3202282/-/2xat7cz/-/index.html

The New Face Of African Art

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-face-of-african-art-1462983212

Disquieting Muses (The Strait Jacket Series)

Acrylic/Oil/ Pastel on Canvas

160cm x 133cm

Reviews

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-1-54-is-providing-a-crucial-platform-for-contemporary-african-art

Conflicting Values? You Can Bank On It

Here is a review by Frank Whalley on Divine Discontent A Strait Jacket Series Exhibition at the Oneoff Gallery. I hope you manage to see it.
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Painter-Beatrice-Wanjiku-straitjacket-pain-painting/-/434746/3193296/-/g3rtt6z/-/index.html

New York On My Mind

At the1-54 Art fair in New York.
https://news.artnet.com/market/african-art-fair-pioneer-works-2016-490274

Studio Processes

Now that the exhibition is up and running here are some shots of the studio processes that culminate into a show. As an artist most of what the public gets to see is the finished product and never the process that leads to it. The sketching, the studies which I have posted before. Some of the works on paper have been exhibited as studies and complete works which I then develop further onto works on canvas. 

View of the works in the studio 

"It is a sin!", "It is a virtue!" The Strait Jacket Series 

Sketches, Studies

Divine Discontent Exhibition

Finally the exhibition opened yesterday at the Oneoff gallery, Nairobi with friends, family and the art fraternity. To keep up with the spirit of updating here are some images of the exhibition. The show is up till the 24th of May. 

"Return to where we began", "Res ipsa loquitur" 

"Art and the Artist" 

"Restless in Rest"

New Works

Res Ipsa Loquitur(The Strait Jacket Series)

Divine Discontent (A Strait Jacket Series)

People believe in certain ways, predetermined manners often according to pre-described norms of society. Anything counter to this is normally punished whereas “normalcy” is encouraged and rewarded.

In this series the strait jacket is a metaphor that explores boundaries, the idea of boundaries (social and self) and imposed system of thought. The works delve into how we are anchored by social conditioning and expectation, always bound at the expense of what we desire. In this series the paintings are a reflection of the outward expression of our inner and intimate existence. The figures in these works explore the duality of the state of being and the natural intrinsic state of fulfilment and happiness.

Save The Date

30th April I will be having my Solo Exhibition "Divine Discontent" at the Oneoff Gallery. The works in the exhibition are part of the Strait Jacket series which is an ongoing series. 

In this series the paintings are a reflection of the outward expression of our inner and intimate existence. The figures in these works explore the duality of the state of being and the natural intrinsic state of fulfilment and happiness.

Studio Diary

"The dualities of Excess and Repression", 2016.(The Strait Jacket Series) 

"The lust, the flesh, the eyes and the pride of life",2016. (The Strait Jacket Series)

Work In Progress

work in progress the straitjacket series

Detail

The Cape Town Art Fair

Photos courtesy of Circle Art Agency

1-54 NewYork

https://news.artnet.com/market/154-contemporary-african-art-fair-2016-419330

A Studio Diary

Studio Stills

Wall of information and other stuff