Lot 47
Beatrice Wanjiku
Kenyan, born 1978
Retrospect, 2009
Signed ‘Beatrice Wanjiku’ (lower middle)
Mixed medium on canvas
87.5 x 61cm
KES 270,000 – 310,000
USD 3,070 – 3,525
Provenance: Desai collection
Sold KES 446,120
Beatrice Wanjiku lives and works in Nairobi. In 2000, she received a diploma from the Buru Buru Institute of Fine Arts in Nairobi and has quickly become a successful artist on the Kenyan contemporary art scene. Her artwork has been exhibited in the UK and in the USA; she has attended art residencies in Vermont and San Francisco, Jordan and Zambia.