Filmed by Matteo Lonardi, Commissioned by Haus der Kunst and NCAI Sane Wadu was born in Nyathuna Kenya in 1954, developing an artistic practice and career spanning decades in which he has established his centrality to the development of Kenyan art. Notably, he co-founded the Ngecha Artists Association with his contemporaries: Eunice Wadu, Wanyu Brush and Chain Muhindi, providing critical support and training to generations of Nairobi-based artists. In this video, Wadu begins

Filmed by Matteo Lonardi, Commissioned by Haus der Kunst and NCAI Elimo Njau’s life and work epitomise trans-East African migration; born in Tanzania in 1932 and formally trained as an artist at Makere University’s Margaret Trowell Fine Art School in Uganda, he later made Kenya his home, establishing the renowned Paa Ya Paa Centre in Ridgeways, Nairobi. In this video, he discusses his early occupation with portraiture and the influence of his family on his foray into drawing

Filmed by Matteo Lonardi, Commissioned by Haus der Kunst and NCAI Born in Karura, Nairobi, in 1930 Asaph Nge’the Macua was born into a family that characterised the shifts in attitudes brought about by the spread of religion during the lifespan of the Kenyan colony. His father, initially a stonemason by craft, later became a church leader, introducing a young Macua to school and education. The young artist, would later train attend the illustrious Alliance High and was forma