Patrick Karanja

Patrick Ndung’u Karanja is a dynamic artist exploring different media in fine arts. He trained in industrial design and fine arts.

His work is an attempt at depicting the different issues that impact on his practice and or society, and at times the world as a whole. These issues could be social, political, economic, or all at the same time, depending on the specific concerns at the given time; therefore he has never been keen on looking for his own signature style, but rather techniques and media that serve the desired functions.

Born in Nairobi in 1990, he graduated with a degree in industrial design and fine arts of St Lawrence University, Kampala, Uganda, in 2013. He is a voracious reader of whatever educational literature he puts his hands on. He has exhibited in numerous exhibitions and is slowly creating a niche for himself in the art scene.

Selection of works

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Patrick Karanja – Night Walk | Ed 1/10, 2022 – Collagraph print on paper – 16.7h x 22.5w cm - Kshs 25,000

Patrick Karanja – Stork Study| Ed 1/10, 2022 – Collagraph print on paper – 19.5h x 19.8.5w cm - Kshs 25,000

Patrick Karanja – Flower Pots for Sale, 2022 – Watercolour and ink on paper – 20h x 27w cm - Kshs 35,000

Patrick Karanja – Hazy Horizon (Upper Hill), 2022 – Watercolour and ink on paper – 17h x 24.5w cm - Kshs 35,000

Patrick Karanja – Gentrification (Dagoretti-Coner), 2022 – Watercolour and ink on paper – 12h x 17w cm - Kshs 28,000

Patrick Karanja – Untitled I, 2022 – Watercolour and ink on paper – 17h x 24.5w cm - Kshs 35,000

Patrick Karanja – Untitled II, 2022 – Watercolour and ink on paper – 12h x 17w cm - Kshs 28,000

Patrick Karanja – Untitled III, 2022 – Watercolour and ink on paper – 12h x 17w cm - Kshs 28,000

Selected Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
April 2022 - Prints – Limited Edition Iterations , One Off Gallery
August 2021 - Group Exhibition, Circle Art Gallery
September 2019 - Group Exhibition, One Off Gallery
April 2019 - Group Exhibition, One Off Gallery
May-June 2018 - Group Exhibition , Talisman Restaurant, Nairobi.
December 2017 -Group Exhibition, Polka Dot Gallery
August 2017 - Group Exhibition, Kuona Trust Art Gallery November 2016 - Kenya Art Fair- Wasanii exhibition November 2015 - Kenya Art Fair- Wasanii exhibition
October 2013 - Group exhibition, Russian consulate Nairobi

Patrick Karanja is exclusively represented in East Africa by One Off

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