artport – The Talisman Restaurant

Onyis Martin (March 2020)

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Multi-award-winning artist, Onyis Martin was born in Kisumu, Kenya in 1987 and moved to Nairobi when he was six. Growing up, aside from school he kept himself out of trouble by playing football and doing art. When he graduated from high school, he rejected his father’s wish that he go to university and instead launched full time into fine art, which he initially developed through apprenticeships at the Godown Arts Centre and Kuona Trust in Nairobi. He is now based out of the Kobo Trust, where along with other artists, he mentors and facilitates aspiring artists with opportunities to develop their talent.

Experimenting with a wide range of materials, Martin explores the human condition and the global geo-political interface, specifically through issues surrounding human trafficking, migration, corruption and displacement. Additionally, he explores matters surrounding communication, the rapidly changing technological environment and the consumerism that surrounds it. Using his personal experience as a point of departure, he interweaves individual and collective experiences highlighting the varying yet similar experiences people have in different places globally. In his most recent group of works, Talking Walls (2016), Martin extended his exploration of how information depends on and is influenced by freedom and social structure towards investigating the rise of consumerism.

Amy Sandys – Lumsdaine (Oct 2019)

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Amy was born in Calcutta, India into a family of Tea Merchants. After schooling at Downe House, Amy completed a Foundation at Middlesex Univesity and then went on to gain a Bsc Hons and Msc in Textile Design at UMIST in Manchester. She then worked in the fashion trade in London before heading out to Kenya in 1997 to pursue a career as an artist.

“My paintings preserve memories of Kenya and express my connection to Nature and the Natural World. Patterns and repeats found in tribal textiles, jewellery and architecture of Africa and Asia are used on canvas and frame and pay homage to the fusion of the diverse Cultures found here – an exotic blend of African, Arabic, European and Asian. “

Patricia Njeri (Jan 2020)

cullinanherd@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:52:30 +0000

PATRICIA is a well known Kenyan artist. We allways love her colourful compositions. Her exhibition offers a patchwork of African life. She depicts people, their urban centers and the animal kingdom with equal ease. Each piece is strong and full of her love for Africa.

Patrica was a long standing member of Kuona Trust. Since she started her career as an artist in the late 1990ies, she has had solo and mixed exhibitions.