Kenya
• 1980
Biography
Mosoti Kepha is a visual artist who lives and works in Nairobi (Kenya). He was born in 1980 in Kisii (Kenya) and studied at the Buruburu Institute of Fine Arts in Nairobi from 2000 to 2003. In 2006 he joined the Kuona Trust, Center for Visual Art, and has been working there ever since. Mosoti Kepha is best known for his minimalist three-dimensional sculptures and relief sculptures, but he also continues to work in painting and drawing.
His work has been exhibited in a number of galleries and venues in Nairobi, including Godown Art Center, French Cultural Center, Goethe Institute, Kenya National Museum and other galleries and institutions.
He draws inspiration from the beauty of his surroundings and also from the daily events around him. In addition to his work in the studio, he teaches sculpture to art students.
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The artistic movements of the artists are: Black Painters, African Aesthetic, Emerging Black Artists, Harlem Renaissance, Folk Art, Spiral Group
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1980