Description
Mixed media sculpture, Dennis Muraguri (Kenyan, born 1980)
Mende mbaya, 2016
Bad bugs in swahili, 2016
Size : 29 x 103.5 x 29 cm
Signed ‘Dennis (side)
Provenance: direct from artist
Dennis Muraguri was born in Naivasha, Kenya, where he completed his primary school. He completed his high school in Kiambu and later moved to Nairobi where he went on to major in Drawing and Painting from the Buru Buru Institute of Fine Arts. He topped his class with distinction. Dennis is currently a painter and sculptor. He uses wood and metal for his sculptures.
Dennis Muraguri is a multimedia artist working in painting, printmaking installations and sculpturing. Muraguri lives and works as an artist in Nairobi, Kenya. He has been a resident artist at Kuona Trust in Nairobi since 2005. Muraguri graduated from Buru Buru Institute of Fine Arts with a diploma in Painting and Art History.
Muraguri has been working as an artist for 13 years and is mostly recognized for his body of work inspired by ‘matatu’ (Kenyan minibuses and vans that are the main mode of public transport). In this work, Muraguri explores urban culture of contemporary Nairobi. In his sculptures Muraguri works with recycled wood and metal to create a representation of the industrialization in Kenya.
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