Artworks by Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga at October Gallery on artnet

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

(Kenyan, born 1960)

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Magetha ma Mwere - The Small Harvest, 2010

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Encino (detail), 2010

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Kiambirira Genesis, 2009

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Magetha ma njahi – The Big Harvest (detail), 2012

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Magetha ma njahi – The Big Harvest, 2012

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Together They Marched, 2014

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Ndumo - The Girls' Dance, 2015

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Adhuhuri - Midday, 2015

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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Machweo - Late Evening, 2015

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Biography

Timeline

1985: BA Design, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
1992: Graduates from University of California, Los Angeles,USA
: Lives and works in San Antonio, Texas

Exhibitions

2014: Art 14, London, UK
: 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK
: Interwoven Histories, October Gallery, London, UK
2013: Ituika: Transformation, October Gallery, London, UK (solo)
: Solo exhibition, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA (solo)
: 14th International Triennial of Tapestry, The Central Museum of Textiles, Piotrkowska, Poland
: Rio Patchwork Design: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
: Art in the City, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio Texas, USA
: Fiber Art 2012, New Braunfels, Texas, USA
: The 18th European Patchwork Meeting, Ste Marie-aux Mines, Alsace, France
: Nakamura-key, Nagoya-City, Aichi, Japan
: 11th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
: Women, Peace and Security Challenge, United Nations Visitor’s Centre, New York, USA
2012: Rio Patchwork Design: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
2011: Women, Peace and Security Challenge, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
: Confluence - Surface Design Show, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
: Softer Side of Things, Kerrville Arts Center, Kerrville, Texas, USA
: Fiber Artists of San Antonio, Annual Show, Gallery Nord, San Antonio Texas, USA
: Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Houston, Texas, USA
: Inside Out- Fiber Art for the Human Form, Textile Center Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
: Fiber Twenty Ten, Foundry Art Center, St Charles, MO, USA
: The Artful Table, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO, USA
: Triennial Global Intrigue II, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
2010: The Art of Transformation, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, USA (solo)
: Texas Oklahoma Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Texas, USA
2009: Photo September, Fiber Artspace, San Antonio, Texas, USA
: Light Fantastic Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Groton, New York, USA
: Nothing New- Fiber Art from Recycled Material, Joan Mondale Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
: Surface Matters, Surface Design Association Members’ Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, USA
2007: Women of the World, Arcadia Art Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
: San Antonio Celebrates Africa, Textures Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, USA
: Real Beauty, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
: Women of the African Diaspora, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
: Scratching the Surface, Texas Federation of Fiber Artists, San Antonia, Texas, USA
: Imagining Ourselves Online Exhibition, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, California, USA
2005: Real Beauty, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, USA
2004: Women of the World, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, Akureyri Museum, Iceland; Gerdenburg Cultural Center Reykjavik, Iceland; Cultural Center, Athens, Greece; International Museum of Women, San Francisco, California; Mobile Museum, Alabama, Brenau University, Georgia, USA
2003: Women of the World, Women’s Art Gallery, Ohio, USA
2002: Women of the World, Volvo Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA; University of New England, Maine, USA; Tucson Museum, Arizona, USA
2000: Women of the World, White Columns, New York; Flint Institute, Michigan, USA
1998: Global Women’s Project, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
1995: Holiday Art Show, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
1994: The Ella Hill Hutch Art Exhibition, San Francisco, California, USA
1991: Solo Graduate School Show, Wilshire/Sieroty Building, Los Angeles, California, USA
1988: Group Show, French Cultural Center, Nairobi, Kenya
1987: Group Show, Goethe Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Public Collections

: Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
: International Museum of Women, San Francisco, USA

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

(Kenyan, born 1960)

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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