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New York 2016

  • 1-54 Forum 2016
  • Exhibitors 2016
  • Partners 2016

Peterson Kamwathi

Born in 1980 in Nairobi, Kenya. Lives and works in Nairobi

Peterson Kamwathi, Untitled (from the series Study for Position Part II, XIV), 2015, Charcoal, stencil, pastel and collage on paper, 57 x 77.5 cm / 22.4 x 30.51 in, Courtesy of ARTLabAfrica 

Peterson Kamwathi is part of a generation of young East African artists whose break with the colonial tutelage that for decades defined the region’s art has afforded the exploration of topics both deeply rooted in Africa’s cultural background and engaged with global contemporary issues. Kamwathi’s works, whose highly codified and symbolic concepts go far beyond local relevance, distance themselves from the usual patterns of reception of figurative art from Kenya. Rendered in thick layers of charcoal, pastel, watercolor, stencil and more recently collage, Kamwathi’s depictions of amorphous and motionless figures haunt the foreground against abyssal backgrounds devoid of vanishing points.

Building on his interest in processions and groupings within contemporary ceremonies, masquerades, and political protocol, his recent works explore hidden convergences in the gestures and performing of religious rituals and his increasingly fascination with the structure and anatomy of prayer. Kamwathi has exhibited in Austria, El Salvador, Finland, Holland, Kenya, the UK, and the US.

Selected Artists

Yashua Klos

Peterson Kamwathi

Mwangi Hutter

Ndary Lo

Ba, Omar

Zohra Opoku

Ndiaye, Cheikh

Andrianomearisoa, Joël

Artists 2016

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Adams, Derrick
    • Al Miller
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard
    • Athi-Patra Ruga
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Beatrice Wanjiku
    • Boua, Armand
    • Boutté, Nathalie
  • C

    • Clay Apenouvon
  • D

    • Diop, Omar Victor
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • Em’kal Eyongakpa
    • Emma Amos
    • Erruas, Safaa
  • G

    • Gastineau Massamba
    • Goodman, Frances
    • Gor Soudan
  • H

    • Hamidou Maiga
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • Jean-Claude Moschetti
    • Jim Chuchu
  • K

    • Kentridge, William
    • Kganye, Lebohang
    • Khelil, Farah
    • Kura Shomali
  • L

    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
    • Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou
    • Liebenberg, John
    • Lundangi, Franck
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maïmouna Guerresi
    • Maludi, Houston
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Muluneh, Aïda
    • Mustapha Azeroual
    • Mwangi Hutter
  • N

    • Ndary Lo
    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Olagunju, Niyi
    • Olatunji, Babajide
    • Onditi, Paul
    • Otobong Nkanga
  • P

    • Peterson Kamwathi
    • Phoebe Boswell
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Sonia Boyce
    • Sue Williamson
  • T

    • Theo Eshetu
  • U

    • Uche Okpa-Iroha
    • Uman
  • V

    • Veleko, Nontsikelelo
    • Victor, Diane
  • W

    • William Sagna
  • Y

    • Yashua Klos
    • Yéanzi
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie
    • Zinkpè, Dominique
    • Zohra Opoku

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