Agnes Waruguru Kenya, 1994

"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 

 2016

Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France

 2013 - 2014

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Fine Arts

 2010 - 2012

UWCSA Waterford Kamhlaba, Swaziland, International Baccalaureate Diploma

                

SOLO EXHIBITION 

2020

Circle Art Gallery| Nairobi, Kenya, Small Things to Consider 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Nice time to start painting, Bode Projects, Havana, CU

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