John Kamicha -- Mixed Media

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  John Kamicha is a Mixed Media Artist

John Kamicha

John is a highly creative and sensitive young man, in happier times known for his whacky sense of humour. The son of well known artist Zachariah Mbuthia, he has been raised in an atmosphere of art. Those familiar with his work can see a crystallisation of his talents over the last year and his recent work is very exciting.

Kamicha has done a series of works using khangas (women’s traditional wraps) as canvas. Painting and drawing around the traditional motifs on the material, bringing the act of painting closer to his own culture and experience. Since then he has reverted to canvas but both uses pieces of Khanga on his works or uses the Khanga design format as his structure hence in this painting.

Exhibitions

1995-2008
Best of East African art group show

Art festival

Art affair village market

Habitat- group show at UNEP

Biodiversity at the UNEP-group show

Soul of a tree in the city

Group exhibition at the Goethe institute

Art for breakfast-Java restaurant

Museum of Modern Art –RaMoMA

Group exhibition at the German residence

African Colours

Art Affair RaMoMA

End of the year exhibition GoDown

3-some At the GoDown

2-man show Le’rustique

Stool exhibition GoDown Art center

100 years of the Nairobi forest

Workshops

Painting workshop by Ancent soi

Print workshop by Robino Ntira

Bead workshop with local communities and indigenous Indians from Canada

Drawing workshop with peter klashorts

Pastel workshop with Richard kimathi

Welding workshop by Gakunju kaigwa

International art in the forest workshop

Wasanii international workshop

Commissions

British council

Nairobi national museum

Kabete children’s home

Nairobi river road

Projects

1995-2008

Drawing and painting with primary school children-olalnyiro

Illustrations for animation –know zone

Street kids (painting and Drawing)

Aga khan primary (painting And Drawing)

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