#Kenyan is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 15 people shared 91 posts with it — around 3 a day. Activity is up 35% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 5 with 8 posts.

Posts with #Kenyan

Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

The Ascendants XVIII (She Is Here And So Are You) by Wangari Mathenge (Kenyan) - Oil on canvas / 2021 - Dallas Museum of Art (Texas) #womeninart #womanartist #art #oilpainting #WangariMathenge #womensart #femaleartist #DMA #DallasMuseumofArt #KenyanArtist #womenpaintingwomen #Kenyan #artwork

Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge's “The Ascendants XVIII (She Is Here And So Are You)” was part of Mathenge's solo exhibition “You Are Here” at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in 2021. The piece belongs to the artist's ongoing series in which figurative compositions explore hybridity across the continent and diaspora, reflecting on personal experience of movement between the two.

This vibrant painting depicts a woman seated at a vanity, engrossed in reading a book.

The scene is composed within a small room, likely a bedroom. The woman is positioned centrally, seated at a green vanity with a three-part mirror. The vanity is the focal point, and elements in the foreground and background are arranged to direct the viewer's gaze to the main subject. The framing is intimate, focusing on the woman and her immediate surroundings with patterned fabrics and pillows on the floor in front of the vanity adding depth and interest.

The central figure is a mature dark-skinned woman wearing a reddish-orange headwrap and multicolored, patterned gown featuring a variety of vibrant and bold patterns and colors. The colors and prints reflect the artist’s African cultural influences.

Lauded by Apollo Magazine, “(Women) in Mathenge’s explosively colorful domestic settings – replete with Kanga textiles and other signifiers of their subjects’ East African heritage – have agency, either contemplating themselves and their own thoughts or observing us, the viewer, with magnificent hauteur.”

Mathenge was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1973 and holds an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Recent institutional exhibitions include Stretching the Body at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, and Black American Portraits, at LACMA, Los Angeles. Further collections include Nasher Museum of Art, NC; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis; Elie Khouri Art Foundation, Dubai; Christen Sveaas Art Foundation, Norway, and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin.

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Brandon S. Pilcher

@brandonpilcher.bsky.social

3 days ago

Marker doodle of a warrioress inspired by Kenya's Maasai culture. #kenyan #eastafrican #african #fantasy #blackwoman #warriorwoman #art

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YourAnonRiots 🐈‍⬛🏴🇵🇸🇲🇲🇺🇦🇸🇦🦋

@youranonriots.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Over the past five years, at least 274 #Kenyan domestic workers have died in #SaudiArabia. Many faced abuse, starvation, and detention. This isn't just a statistic, it's a humanitarian crisis demanding urgent action. t.co/lhKFja8kk7

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JimHoffmaier

@jimhoffmaier.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Something different. #Maasai man making #fire in #kenya #africa #travel #travelphotography #portrait #naturallight #canon #bokeh #african #kenyan #nyphotographer #village

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Morgan

@morgcity.bsky.social

about 2 years ago

Happy #internationalcatday from the AU version of Usagi and Luna, Sungura and Mwezi. #tbt #illustration #au #kenyan #fun

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇

@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#BeatriceWanjiku #Contemporary #Kenyan Beatrice Wanjiku (b. 1978) WE ARE WHO WE WERE, 2019 Mixed media on canvas

https://www.saatchiart.com/en-de/art/Painting-We-are-who-we-were-SOLD/54893/1135526/view

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇

@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#BeatriceWanjiku #Contemporary #Kenyan Beatrice Wanjiku (b. 1978) LIFTS BEYOND CONCEPTION, 2014 Acrylic on canvas

https://www.saatchiart.com/en-de/art/Painting-Lifts-Beyond-Conception-SOLD/54893/2214214/view

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇

@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#BeatriceWanjiku #Contemporary #Kenyan Beatrice Wanjiku (b. 1978) EFFCEMENT III, 2013 Acrylic on canvas

https://www.saatchiart.com/en-de/art/Painting-Effacement-III-SOLD/54893/1751614/view

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Beefeater Fella

@beefeaterfella.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Kenyan FAFO moment. 🇰🇪 «From Qatar - into the trenches». GUR reportedon the elimination of a Russian mercenary from Kenya in Donetsk At one of the Russian positions in Donetsk, Ukrainian intelligence officers found the body of a Kenyan citizen, Clinton Nyapara Moges, born in 1997.