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Boniface Maina

Biography

Born in 1987 in Nanyuki Town, Kenya, Boniface Maina has been an artist for seven years. He is a painter who describes his style as surreal and figurative. He is the co- founder of BrushTu Art Studio in Buru Buru. Maina has exhibited his work widely in Nairobi, including at the Nairobi National Musuem. His work has also been exhibited in Denmark.

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Solo exhibitions include: Waiting, Watching and Wishing, Circle Art Gallery, 2020; Transitions, Nairobi Gallery, 2017; and Line of Inquiry, The Art Space, Nairobi, 2016. Group exhibitions include: Eastern Voices, Addis Fine Art, London, 2023; After Images, ReLe Gallery, Lagos, 2023; Africa 1:1, Ca’Pesaro, Venice, 2023; Walking the Edge, Afriart Gallery, Kampala, 2022; African Identities, AKKA Project Gallery, Venice, 2022; East African Encounters, Cromwell Place, London, 2021; Young Guns, Circle Art Gallery, 2017. He has exhibited at international art fairs including: Art Dubai, 2022; WopArt Fair, Switzerland, 2022; Cape Town Art Fair, 2021; and AKAA, Paris, 2017. Residencies include Africa 1:1 Lab Residency in Venice, 2023.

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