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    EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS & PRESS

     

    Selected Solo Exhibitions:

    … matter of record, Hive Projects: Ed Cross Fine Art, London, 2010 | Click here

    Sitting Allowance, The Goethe Institute, Nairobi, 2009 | Click here

    Solo Exhibition, Le Rustique, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007

    Solo Exhibition, The GoDown Art Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 2006

    Solo Exhibition, University of Kentucky, Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Kentucky, USA, 2005

     

    Selected Group Exhibitions:

    VOLTA NY, Pier 90, New York, 2015 | Click here | Click here | Click here

    Grain de Folie, St. Louis, Dakar, Senegal, 2014

    Freedom, Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013-14 | Click here

    Kings and Kinship, National Art Gallery, Nyanza, Rwanda, 2013-14

    Six Degrees of Separate Nations, The Frost Art Museum, Miami, USA, 2013  | Click here

    Hymn for a Republic, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 2012

    Sanaa ya makartasi, Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012

    Nairobi: A state of mind, KunsHas Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria, 2011

    Coca-colonized, Marte Musemu, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2011

    ARS11 Africa in Kouvola, Kouvola, Finland, 2011

    Ordinary Rendition, Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 2010

    IFAN, “DAK’ART 2010” Biennale, Dakar, Senegal, 2010

    Space: Currencies in contemporary African art, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, RSA, 2010

    Stereotype III project, Old Law Courts, Mombasa, Kenya, 2010

    Coca-colonized, BrotKunsthalle, Vienna, Austria, 2009

    Woodcuts plates and prints, Liverpool World Museum, Liverpool, 2008

    Africa Now: emerging talent from a continent on the move, World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC, USA, 2008

    Amnesia platform IV “the jetlag experiment”, Nairobi Arts Trust, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007

    Printmaking Exhibition, RaMOMA, Nairobi, Kenya, 2005

    Kenyan prints, Africa ‘05, Bankside Gallery, London, 2005

    Kenya Art, Selena Gallery, University of Long Island, New York, USA, 2004

     

    Residencies & Workshops:

    2016: July - August, The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Florida 

    2009: Art Omi, nternational Artists Residency, New York

    2006: London Print Studio and Bath Spa University College

    2006: Thupelo International Artist workshop in South Africa

    2005: Artists in Residence at the University of Kentucky, USA

    2003: Fontys Academie Kenya-Holland Exchange

     

    Monographs & Solo Exhibition Catalogues:

    Hymn for a Republic, Exhibition Catalogue by Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 2012

    Peterson Kamwathi, The Goethe Institut, Nairobi, Iwalewa Haus- Bayreuth and Modern Kunst Verlag, under the Contact Zones project, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011

    …matter of record, Exhibition catalogue, Ed Cross Fine Art,  London, United Kingdom, 2010

     

    Books & Group Exhibition Catalogues:

    SPace: Currencies in contemporary African art, Exhibition Catalogue, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2012

    Coca-colonized, Exhibition catalogue by Hilger Contemporary, 2009

    Africa Now: emerging talent from a continent on the move, Exhibition catalogue by The World Bank, 2008

    Amnesia platform IV “the jetlag experiment”, Project publication by Nairobi Arts Trust, 2007

     

    Press & Other Links:

    "Peterson Kamwathi at Fountainhead", Current Miami 

    Transition Magazine, Issue 120, 2016, pp. 28-37

    Burke, Jason, "Politics pervades everything: Kenyan artists take on status quo", The Guardian, July 2016

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    Thackara, Tess, "1:54 Is Providing a Crucial Platform for Contemporary African Art", ARTSY Editorial, 6 May 2016

    Kinsella, Eileen, "Must-See Booths at Volta 2015", Artnet News, 6 March 2015

    STUDIO AFRICA: Celebrating and Promoting Creativity in Africa 6 May 2013

    "Celebrating 14 Artists Represented by One Off Gallery, Aug. 25 2013 @ One Off", Nairobi Now 

    That's Inked Up, Oct 2012

    Gacheru, Margaretta Wa, "The continuity and class of artist Peterson Kamwathi", The Star, 2 February 2012

    Dabrowska, Karen, Peterson Kamwathi: explaining Kenya through wood prints and icons Mataba, 6 January 2011

    Court, Elsbeth Joyce, "Matter of Record: Peterson Kamwathi’s Harvest", African Colours 28 October 2010

    Whalley, Frank, "What’s next in line from the queue artist?", The East African 23 August 2010

    Bienniale de l'Art Africain Contemporain 2010

    Kaiza, David, "Carbon-Dating An Atrocity" African Colours, 5 July 2009