Global InformationMiriam Syowia Kyambi information
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Syowia Kyambi | |
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| Born | Miriam Syowia Kyambi 23 September 1979 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Alma mater | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Transart Institute for Creative Research |
| Notable work | Kaspale's Playground (2020) I Have Heard Many Things About You (2016) Fracture (i) (2016) Between Us: Chapter I (2014) |
| Awards | -2nd place in UNESCO Award for the Promotion of the Arts |
| Elected | Chair of The Association of Visual Artists and Collectives (AVAC) - Kenya |
| Website | www.syowiakyambi.com |
Syowia Kyambi is a multimedia and interdisciplinary artist and curator whose work spans photography, video, drawing, sound, sculpture, and performance installation.[1] She is of Kenyan and German descent, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is known for her "performative installations that recast historical (Western) narratives and intervene in spheres of colonial activities"[2] with work reputed for tackling "complex and sometimes difficult or tabooed matters"[3] that afford "multiple points of entry, grounded in a sense of place and history while recognizing the mutability of those concepts."[4] Through focusing on historical past, she also draws the audience's attention to daily life through her artwork.[5]
- ^ "Syowia Kyambi". Transart Institute for Creative Research. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "CONTACT ZONES—Murat Adash, Céline Berger, Syowia Kyambi - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Syowia Kyambi - Queer (In-)Visibilities in the art of Africa and beyond - Wikis der Freien Universität Berlin". wikis.fu-berlin.de. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ Coombes, Annie E. (2014). Lukas, Franziska (ed.). CONTACT ZONES NRB ART -13 - Miriam Syowia Kyambi. Nairobi: Goethe-Institut Kenya. p. 24. ISBN 978-9966-071-04-0. OCLC 910335257.
- ^ Coombes, Annie E. (2 January 2016). "Photography against the grain: rethinking the colonial archive in Kenyan museums". World Art. 6 (1): 61–83. doi:10.1080/21500894.2015.1126853. ISSN 2150-0894.