Where are you from? I was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya but now reside in the United States. When did you start making art? I started making art as a child. I was probably first introduced to it in kindergarten. My first recollection comprises plasticine, paper collage, watercolor and the varied possibilities of Lego blocks.
What artists inspired you growing up? I grew up watching Rolf Harris shows. I found it fascinating seeing him transform a plain white canvas into a fantastic landscape or portrait.
It always seemed so magical how recognizable forms would appear, how he let you in on how his process yet it still seemed so impossible. He made this two dimensional plane come alive in a way that fascinated me to no end. This has been my lasting memory.
How and when did you decide that this is what you were going to do? About twelve years ago I embarked on this journey of re-discovery. In this time of rapid information exchange via the Internet we may assume that people have access to and therefore receive the truth. Of course this is far from true, and recognizing this and understanding that we too are guilty of our own single stories that we live with and propagate is the first step to finding solutions to address them.
So here I was in court, defending the company against a discrimination lawsuit, yet even the supposed objective finder of truth was unable to extricate himself from his experiential biases. His reaction was informed by his single story of the role assigned a black person in a courtroom in Massachusetts.
How do you build this inspiration into your work? I was always intrigued by the fact that there was so much ignorance in the West as to the totality of conditions in Kenya. Graduate studios for MFA students are spread across campus in clusters that allow for robust interdisciplinary exchange. Graduate-level courses and topical seminars support individual studio work by exposing students to the larger dialogues around the production, exhibition, and function of art as well as its expanded cultural production and reception.
Students design a personalized curriculum by choosing from a wide variety of seminars, courses, and graduate advisors linked to numerous studio, design, and academic departments. Graduate critiques, central to the MFA experience, alternate between discipline-specific panels in the fall semester and interdisciplinary panels in the spring semester. The purpose of the graduate studio program is to prepare students to enter into their chosen fields of practice or to pursue their unique professional pathways as independent artists or cultural practitioners.
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