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Phillip Ondik (Sept 2020)

cullinanherd@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:11:00 +0000

Artist Phillip Ondik

Philip Ondik is part of a new generation of artists, modern, strong and bold. His art will be striking in any space.

He started his formative years at the Buru Buru Institute of Fine Arts, Nairobi. Then travelled as far as New Zealand to study at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay. His art has been widely exhibited at the British Council, British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Alliance Francaise, Italian Institute of Culture, International School of Kenya, U.S. Embassy, European Union, United Nations (UNEP) Michael Joseph Centre Safaricom, Braeburn Schools and National Museums of Kenya to name some. Ondik’s works have been featured and reviewed on Nation Television (NTV), Radio France International (RFI), Mashariki Mix- MultiChoice, Hawkes Bay Today, The Daily Nation and The Star Newspapers.

Ondik currently lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya.

Contact:

Telephone: +254 720 850 484

Email: philip.ondik@gmail.com

Art Display – May 2019 | Sept 2020

Kathy Katuti (Aug 2019)

cullinanherd@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:05:13 +0000

Artist Kathy Katuti

I live and work in Nairobi, Kenya from my home studio. My experiments with different media resulted in my use of many techniques when creating watercolour, acrylics, textured paintings and paper mosaics.

During my life in visual art, I have explored different expressions of art, ranging from formal to conceptual artwork, human figures, landscapes to buildings. I strive to create work that engages in a new way with environmental issues by blending my sensitivity to the environment with realism and conteporary forms that reflect my own sensitivity and artistic interests.

My ‘fantasy colours’ artwork combine the desire to visually explore the beauty of Kenyan wildlife in its natural habitat, and embody that concept in Semi-abstract art context.

Recycled paper have become prominent in my paintings. The paintings give a flavor of the remarkable landscapes in Africa and they are done from my own perspective. For me, the variety of habitats and strong definite light make Africa an artist’s paradise.

Shilpi Deb (Sep 2019)

cullinanherd@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 08:58:03 +0000

Shilpi Deb was born, raised and now works in Nairobi. Coming from a family of artists, it was only natural for her to be interested in art. She completed her fine arts degree in Mumbai from the Sir JJ School of Art, the same university that most of the artists in her family studied at.

Being brought up in Africa, studying Art in India and being interested in Japanese culture from an early age, she developed a fascination with African and Asian culture. During her years in Mumbai, she carried out research within these fields, focusing on aesthetics and philosophy, eventually chancing upon the subject of Animism. This spurred her to dive deeper into its roots and ties to the artist. It helped shaped her outlook on art and life, the two things that we know to be inseparable. She adopted a subtle approach to her art, guided by the core animistic understanding that the world around us is alive, every happening and every single “thing”. Understanding that creation cannot take place in isolation, she always tries to remain ready, listening, seeing and feeling, trying to capture what moves her. These responses, no matter what their intensity is what she paints. The responses are never the same; similarly her mediums and forms vary to suit each response