User:Kaloki Nyamai/sandbox

Kaloki Nyamai (born 1985) is a Nairobi City -based painter who is known for his traditional catural based painting about Kamba Community in Kenya. The Ebony/Curated, which hosted an exhibition of his work in 2018, Fascinated by his ancestors and the space in between the physical and spiritual realm, Nyamai’s works explore the parallels between the past and the present. Nyamai bases much of his research on stories told to him by his grandmother; the stories about her past and the past of her mother.

Nyamai works in a number of mediums, creating works on canvas, board and metal. He also works as an installation artist.

Nyamai’s work questions the repetitive nature of human behavior and positions these questions within the constructs of power.

describes his work as follows: "Wiley has gained recent acclaim for his heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture."

Kaloki Questions about the lost African cultures and the effect of capitalization in Africa.