"I think it comes from feeling displaced. I moved out of home when I was 15. I’m quite sensitive to what’s around me in a way that I really take it in and embody it. I become very invested in what I’m feeling from my surrounding. So, I started using my practice to ground myself and remind myself why I’m here, and why is my experience different from other people's. Kind of like looking for myself in the pieces or making space for myself."
– Agnes Waruguru
Lives and works in Amsterdam
EDUCATION
2014 - 2017
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Cum Laude
Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Fine Arts
UWCSA Waterford Kamhlaba, Swaziland, International Baccalaureate Diploma
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Foreigners Everywhere
2023
Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands, OpenStudio
22nd VideoBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil, Memory is an editing station
2022
Roof-A, Rotterdam, Netherlands, I Dreamed a place for you will you visit?
Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands, OpenStudio
2020
Circle Art Gallery| Nairobi, Kenya, Small Things to Consider
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Bode, Havana, Cuba, Dust
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, IT, Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere
Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, KE, Invocations
2023
Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Amsterdam, NL, Infathomable
No. 9 Cork Street, London, UK, Manifold
Strouk Gallery, Paris, FR, AWAKENING - L'éveil de la nature et du corps
Ebony/Curated, Cape Town, ZA, Hiatus
Circle Art Gallery, London, UK, 1-54 London 2023
2022
SANATORIUM, Istanbul, TR, A bit of Unruly Complexity
Bode Projects, Havana, CU, Nice time to start painting
2021
Gallery Brulhart | Geneva, Switzerland, Rebirth
Gallery Cecile Fakhoury| Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ABOUT NOW
Rele Gallery| Los Angeles, USA, Reading Abstraction
2020
Stellenbosch Triennale| Stellenbosch, South Africa, On The Cusp
2019
1.3 Kitisuru Rd | Nairobi, Kenya, Open Studio
Saba Studios | Lamu, Kenya, Montage
Circle Art Gallery | Nairobi, Kenya, Lucid Dreams
Circle Art Gallery| Nairobi, Kenya, I Will See What I Want To See
2018
Circle Art Gallery | Nairobi, Kenya, New Threads
Village Market with GoDown Art center | Nairobi, Kenya, Manjano
Workstyle Africa | Nairobi, Kenya, On Colour
One Off Gallery | Nairobi, Kenya, Line
Cave Bureau | Nairobi, Kenya, If Not Now
2017
Welmont Gallery | Savannah, GA, A Place That is Not Yours
Alexander Hall Gallery | Savannah, GA, B.F.A. Show
Non- Fiction Gallery | Savannah, GA, Alexander Collective Salon
Alexander Hall Gallery | Savannah, GA, SCAD DeFine Art Student Showcase
2016
Lacoste, France, Lacoste, Open Studio