Country
Kenya
Kaloki Nyamai (b. 1985, Kitui, Kenya) is a Nairobi-based painter and multidisciplinary artist whose practice draws on Kamba traditions, collective memory and Kenya's histories to explore identity, resilience and belonging. Working with sisal rope, stitched thread, acrylic, photo transfers, charcoal and other materials,
he creates layered works that bring ancestral knowledge into conversation with contemporary social and political realities.
His work has been presented at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026), the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities (2026), Sharjah Biennial 16 (2025), the Norval Foundation in Cape Town (2024–2025), and Art Basel Unlimited (2023). In 2023, he founded Kamene, a cultural and research initiative in Nairobi that fosters artistic exchange, collaboration and the growth of African creative practices.
Country
Kenya
Kaloki Nyamai (b. 1985, Kitui, Kenya) is a Nairobi-based painter and multidisciplinary artist whose practice draws on Kamba traditions, collective memory and Kenya's histories to explore identity, resilience and belonging. Working with sisal rope, stitched thread, acrylic, photo transfers, charcoal and other materials,
he creates layered works that bring ancestral knowledge into conversation with contemporary social and political realities.
His work has been presented at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026), the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities (2026), Sharjah Biennial 16 (2025), the Norval Foundation in Cape Town (2024–2025), and Art Basel Unlimited (2023). In 2023, he founded Kamene, a cultural and research initiative in Nairobi that fosters artistic exchange, collaboration and the growth of African creative practices.
Kaloki Nyamai (b. 1985, Kitui, Kenya) is a Nairobi-based painter and multidisciplinary artist whose practice draws on Kamba traditions, collective memory and Kenya's histories to explore identity, resilience and belonging. Working with sisal rope, stitched thread, acrylic, photo transfers, charcoal and other materials,
he creates layered works that bring ancestral knowledge into conversation with contemporary social and political realities.
His work has been presented at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026), the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities (2026), Sharjah Biennial 16 (2025), the Norval Foundation in Cape Town (2024–2025), and Art Basel Unlimited (2023). In 2023, he founded Kamene, a cultural and research initiative in Nairobi that fosters artistic exchange, collaboration and the growth of African creative practices.