Otiby (Sudanese, born 1948)
Ombararo, 2013
Signed ‘signature’ (lower left)
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 120cm
Ksh 325,000-370,000
US$ 3,700-4,200
Sold Ksh 446,120
Provenance: direct from the artist
Highly respected by the artistic community in Sudan, Otiby graduated from the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Khartoum. During hisj long career in the arts, he has worked as freelance artist, cartoonist, and as a lecturer at the College of Music & Drama at Sudan University of Science & Technology. In 1992, he was the consultant for the National Culture and Arts Corporation in Omdurman, Sudan.
Otiby has exhibited widely over the last 40 years in Sudan, UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Cairo and Kenya though his work has not been seen in Kenya for many years.