As ever, plenty going on iN Nairobi’s art scene this month… scroll to catch up!
EVENTS & OPENINGS
Echoes of Memory | Group Exhibition | Munyu Space | Opening 10 November, 6pm til late | Until 23 November
A multi-sensory exhibition featuring 5 artists, tracing ancestral echoes, intimate moments, and ecological connection. Through digital works, mixed media, and immersive installation, it invites you to pause, feel, and step into worlds where memory breathes and nature speaks.
Wanji (‘96) ( @wanji_k_arts ) is a Nairobi-based multidisciplinary visual artist who explores identity, memory, and the natural world through digital and traditional mediums. Her practice sits at the intersection of emotion, environment, and personal history, using art as a space for reflection, healing, and transformation. Featuring artists @wanguikibera.design @markl0vesart @waitheras.sketchpad @ndungumbithi Curated by @wanji_k_arts & @ndungumbithi
Exhibition Dates: 10th – 23rd November at Munyu Space, The Mall, Westlands. Entry is Free.
Key Dates to Remember:
Opening Night & Wanji’s Birthday Celebration – Monday, 10th Nov | 6pm till late
Artist Talk & Walkabout – Saturday, 15th Nov | 3pm – 6pm
Friendsgiving Gathering – Sunday, 23rd Nov | 2pm – 6pm. An afternoon celebrating art, friendship, and community.
All other days the gallery will be open from 12pm to 6pm from Tuesday to Saturday.
Code x Couture | British Council x Creatives Garage | The Mall, Westlands, Rooftop | Saturday 15 November | 12 – 6pm
Pushing the big season finale of the UK/Kenya Season, talking about tech, reimagined creativity and sustainability. Step into a world where style is powered by innovation a fusion of tech, art, and limitless creativity. Entry is free!! RSVP on Eventbrite.
KUROBI 2! | The Mall, Westlands, Rooftop | Sunday 16 November | 12 – 5pm
KUROBI 2! | The Mall, Westlands, Rooftop | Sunday 16 November | 12 – 5pmIn collaboration with ZAMANI SKATEBOARDS, KAIROS FUTURA and ADAMU. Free entry.
What to expect:
+ A free-screen printing w/ up-cycling experience
+ Photo exhibitions
+ Skate Jam
What to bring for the screen printing upcycling experience:
+ T-Shirts/Shirts/Tanks
+ Hoodies or Crewnecks/Sweaters
+ Trousers/Cargo pants
+ Shorts/jorts
+ Tote bags
We Belong to Time | Tiemar Tegene and Engdaye Lemma | Circle Gallery | Opening 19 November | Until 3 January 2026
In We Belong to Time, printmaking becomes a language of transformation. Through transfer, layering, and pigment, Tiemar Tegene and Engdaye Lemma trace the ways emotion and experience leave their marks. Tiemar’s works move with the unpredictability of feeling – love, regret, and memory shifting like weather – while Engdaye’s prints echo the city’s restless pulse, its constant becoming. Together, their practices reveal time not as something we possess, but something that possesses us: each impression, each trace, a reminder that creation itself is a record of time passing through matter.
Between Signals | Group Exhibition | NCAI | Opening Thursday 20 November, from 5pm
The Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI) and Munyu Space present “Between Signals,” a collaborative exhibition,
Between Signals presents artistic practices that activate and challenge the spaces between analog and digital, perception and presence. Through immersive installations that engage light, sound, scent, texture, and time, the exhibition traces the in-between worlds where sensory and cognitive understanding is negotiated, inviting audiences to actively sense and reflect on their surrounding environments and experiences.
Curated by munyu, the exhibition brings together works by artists: Awuor Onyango, Kevo Stero, Kamwangi Njue, Kimani Sam K., Chela Yego, Cynthia Nyakiro, Muthoni ni Mimi, Natasha Khanyola, Anthony Muisyo, Sophia Bauer, Sound of Nairobi, James Kamande, Wakianda, Joy Mala, Ndung’u Mbithi, Adam Yawe and Tizzita Tefera.
Ronza Emara & Eltayeb Dawelbait | Padel Kenya, Westlands | Friday 21 November | 5 – 9pm
Queen Deli + Padel Kenya are bringing together art, music, spritzes, and community…
Eltayeb Dawalbait, born in Kosti, Sudan in 1968, is a visual artist based in Nairobi. His work, influenced by political exile, focuses on memory and displacement. Using reclaimed wood and found objects, he creates textured portraits that explore identity and resilience. Transitioning from traditional painting, Dawalbait blends fine art with design to address themes of belonging and transformation.
Ronza, an Egyptian visual artist born in 1993, began her artistic journey at nine, inspired by her mother, an art teacher. Surrounded by art books, she developed her talent early on. Her work captures nature’s vibrant energy through abstract techniques, using colors and shapes to celebrate life’s vitality and diversity, drawing inspiration from both nature and music.
Threads of Consciousness | Angela Wambui | Gravitart | Opening 22 November
Follow @gravitartgallery on Instagram for further details.
Where Dreams Gather | Group exhibition | Trademark Hotel | Saturday 15 November
A one-day contemporary art experience and charity exhibition curated by Tewas Art. The exhibition features works by 10 emerging artists and includes an installation by Sharon Wendo. Artwork Image: @kendogavin
Get your tickets on Ticketsasa.com. Ticket includes: Delicious canapé menu + complimentary drink
Contact: +254 794 500 065 or email [email protected] for more information
The Art of Togetherness | Chez Mahmadi | Opening 15 November, from 3 – 6pm | Until 13 December
Wild beauty meets abstract passion. Witness the captivating “Joint Art Exhibition” featuring the dynamic paintings of Karim and breathtaking photography by Zul. Celebrate “The Art of Togetherness” at
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Monologue | Derrick Munene | Under the Swahili Tree, Karen | Extended into November
This Nairobi-based visual artist is known for his striking paper collage compositions that explore themes of identity, societal expectations, and human emotion. His work intricately weaves together layered fragments, creating textured narratives that challenge perception and invite deeper reflection.
dreaming, emerging, witnessing | Josemarie Nyagah | Chez Mahmadi | Until 10 November
A solo exhibition featuring a diverse collection of ceramics, paintings & photographs.
Photography Exhibtion | Teti Sulu & Trevor Maingi | Good Grain Bakery | Until 13 November
In The Last Ones, @tetisulu & @mustbe_tj turn their gaze towards Mount Kenya’s shifting landscape, treating it not simply as a backdrop but as a subject in its own right. The photographs, shot on film and the result of a demanding climb, resist immediacy. They insist on slowness: the patient tones of silver grain, the pauses for exposure, the weight of waiting for the developed negative. Rather than tell a single story, this body of work places human presence in dialogue with geological time, inviting us to reflect on the weight of change, and the delicate balance between permanence and transformation.
SOS Art Kenya | Kibera Arts District | Through 16 November
A new annual large-scale exhibition sharing more than 300 works about Peace & Justice. This show will be the largest exhibition that 𝐇𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚 has presented & will be in spaces throughout the 𝐊𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭. Most artworks for sale. Call 0741443678 for information and directions.
Abushariaa Ahmed | Tribal Gallery | Until Sunday 16 November
Abushariaa’s artistic style is influenced by the early Sudanese contemporary art movement and is known for his vibrant, mixed-media works often incorporating symbolic elements of his Nubian culture, often featuring intricate patterns and calligraphy.
KIND•HUMAN | Naomi Van Rampelberg | One Off Gallery | Until 23 November
Van Rampelberg works with glass, ceramics, photography, collages, and knitting as well as paper, ink and pencil. Having lived abroad for many years, Naomi has returned to Nairobi, settling back into life at home with her dotted & circled creations. This self-taught artist has invested thousands of hours in her output. The result is an intensely beautiful and subtle show, worthy of any collection of contemporary art anywhere in the world, an impressive international product rooted in the soil of Africa.
Guardians of Memory | Njogu Kuria | Banana Hill Art Gallery | Until 28 November
Explore the art of memory. Discover breathtaking sculptures crafted from rubber, vinyl, and metal—each piece tells a story of resilience, culture, and identity. Open daily.
Freefall | Michael Nyerere | Nairobi National Museum, Creativity Gallery | Until 30 November
In the space between surrender and flight lies Freefall — new works by @nyerere_michael_studio . The @nairobinationalmuseum is delighted to host this evocative exhibition.
Megaliths Vol. I & II | Monty Blakk| Ardhi Gallery | Until 30 November
A powerful journey through chaos, scars, and healing. These large-scale acrylic works use the grisaille technique, painting in shades of black, gray, and white, to strip away distraction and let form and emotion speak. Monuments to resilience, they stand like megaliths: raw, intense, and deeply human.
In the In Between | Leah Warii | Nairobi Gallery | Until 30 November
Museum rates apply
The Middle Ground | Seven Artists | KOFISI Kaskazi (Matrix One Building, General Mathenge Drive | Until 11 December
The Seven Artists Collective presents a dialogue across generations, mediums and ideas. Exploring the space between diffrence and connectin, these works reveal distinct voices in pursuit of meaning. @kofisicentres RSVP to [email protected]