Shine Tani -- Fine Art

Artist Profile

Shine Tani: A self taught artist, Shine Tani was born in 1967 in Ngecha Location in Kiambu district. He joined Rironi primary school later in 1977 and did the certificate of primary examination in 1983. In his school life he acted as a teacher he gave instruction to the pupils who had art interest in the class. Art was not taught in school but at home his elder brothers did a lot of drawings and they influenced him much.

Exhibitions

2006: “14 years Banana Hill Art Studio” Banana Hill Art Studio.

2006: “Tongether in Colours” Village Market Nairobi.

2005: "Desertfication" United Nations Nairobi.

2005: “East African Bienale” Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania.

2004: French cultural center Nairobi Kenya.

2004: Allianca Fracaise Parish France.

2004:  Environment United Nations, Nairobi.

2003: New Jersey, USA.

2002:  "Inner Coat" at the National museum Nairobi.

2001:  "Strokes on the hills" at the Village Market Nairobi.

2001:  At Ramona Nairobi.

2001:  "Street exhibition" at the Ramoma Nairobi.

2001:  At the French ambassador Residence.

2000:  "Our world 2000" London UK.

2000:  "Our world 2000 UN Headquarters New York USA.

2000:  "Our world 2000" Stockholm Sweden.

2000:  "Survival of the artists" at the French cultural center Nairobi.

1999:  "Kenyan art" Mofheim city hall - Germany.

1999:  Residence at Le hors la in Marseille France.

1999:  "New Kenyan art" at the Kubatana Gallery in Atlanta USA.

1999:  'Nairobi insecurity" at the Goethe institute Nairobi.

1999:  "Bomb Blast terror" at the Goethe institute Nairobi.

1999:  "Nairobi insecurity" at the UN offices Nairobi.

1999:  "Contemporary Africa art"- bio pharmaceutical technology karkway Madison USA.

1998:  Liege Belgium.

1998:  "Daraja" at the Goethe institute Nairobi.

1998:  "Heart expression" at the French cultural center Nairobi.

1998:  Sculpture exhibition at the product design center Nairobi.

1997:  Goethe institute Kampala Uganda.

1997:  "East Africa for East Africa industries" at the National Museum in Nairobi.

1997:  Mission- Aachen, Germany.

1997:  At the café Zufliuchete Aachen, Germany

1997:  2002 "Art Affair" Nairobi.

1997:  "Manzan Dela Rivera" in Paraguay.

1996:  "Banana hill art Reflection" at the Goethe institute, Nairobi.

1996:  At the French cultural center Kampala, Uganda.

1996:  "Exhibition for the Banana hills" in Koln Germany.

1995:  "Pan Africa art" in Kampala Uganda.

1995:  "Total oil Personage" at the French Cultural Center, Nairobi.

1995:  "Banana hill art" in Philadelphia, USA.

1995:  "Banana hill art for Africa" in Dotmond, Germany.

1994:  "New art from Nairobi" in Philadelphia, USA.

1994:  "Art Engraving" at the British Council, Nairobi.

1994:  "Poetry 94" at the French Cultural Center, Nairobi.

1994:  "Wild life 94" at the Gallery Watatu, Nairobi.

1994:  "Art from Banana hill" in Waltrop, Germany

1993:  "Artistic voices" at the French Cultural Center, Nairobi.

1993:  "Wild life art" at Gallery Watatu Nairobi.

1993:  "Kenya Art Panorama" at the French Cultural Center, Nairobi.

1992:  "Kenya Art Panorama" at the French Cultural Center, Nairobi.

1992:  "New Gallery Watatu" at the Gallery Watatu, Nairobi.

1991-2002:  Annual "museum art Festive" at the national museum of Kenya.

1991: Gallery Watatu Nairobi.

1990: "Kenya art panorama" at the French Cultural Center, Nairobi.

1990: Gallery Watatu, Nairobi.

1989:  "Ngecha village of artists" at the Gallery Watatu, Nairobi.

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