
Art Gallery
Our first artist:
Nairobi Kenya’s Ian Banja
Ian Banja is an artist born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. To learn and to succeed motivates him as he strives to be an outstanding and better version of himself. Ian Banja is renowned for an upbeat street style that is paired with detailed, technical, and aesthetic considerations. Through his passion for performing, he has embraced an interest in painting. As he tries to express the everyday tussles and challenges he witnesses. His subjects are diverse. But he’s repeatedly drawn to portraiture and the encounters his subjects find themselves in. Ian Banja works with his technique of painting, his touch, and his finesse in creating.
To him, powerful art is not only the creation of the original Image but also the result of significant technical and aesthetic consideration while making the final piece. Banja’s style is a personal journey toward his inner self.
Ian Banja: His WOrk
Select Exhibition History
- “Smoking Gun” Group Exhibition at Eclectica Contemporary. 2021
- Cape Town Art Fair. 2021
- Joburg Art Fair. 2021
- “Femininity” Group Show, Lorin Art Gallery. 2022
Awards
- MASK Awards 2021/22
Artist statement
“I depict what I see. Violence, harassment, daily tussles and hidden struggles of people who find ways to survive it, and to have good times too. I paint to tell how things are.”
Weblinks
- Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/ian-banja
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianbanja/
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