Ngecha Artist Association

George Ngaruiya Mukuhi

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:03:09 +0000

Born in Ngecha village, Limuru Division in Central Province Kenya on 6th April 1975 after four years I was taken to nursery school in 1980 for two years and I completed in 1982. In 1983 I enrolled in Ngecha primary school where I schooled, on weekends and school holidays I was helping my parent in doing some work in home. After that I was to do homework and later extending my resting time in carving stones and drawing using pencil and charcoal. After completing primary education I joined Mishida Boys High School in Elbergon Nakuru District in 1991.

In 1994 I dropped high school due to lack of school fees. I stayed in the village for a period of one year helping my mother in various works like digging and feeding the cows, sometimes I was to do casual jobs for me to get money to sustain me and my mother because my Father died during the time I dropped out of school. After that one year my mother had managed to save some money and she decided to take me for an eight month carpentry course.

I completed the course I worked as a village carpenter for some time and that’s when I realized that God had given me a talent in art, so I decided to join other artists in our village. I was so interested in art furthermore I had the talent so I decided to take art as an occupation. I contacted my aunt who lives in Germany pleading to help me with art materials because my mother had no money to buy me the materials I also requested my aunt to market my painting in Germany the deal was good because she sold almost twenty paintings in Germany.

After working alone I decided to join Ngecha artist association in 1999 where I met Meek Gichugu who I shared my vision with and the other members. They accepted me in the group and I have been working hard to get my daily bread, up and down I have struggled and so far God has protected me and I am still doing art work. I do paintings,wood sculptures, I do coloured print and scrap metal sculptures, mosaic and mixed media

I have been exhibiting my work in many places I also have attended many workshops like:

WORKSHOPS

2000-Artist and youth workshops in Ngecha artist gallery.
2002-Children painting in Ngecha primary school
2003-Children painting workshop in Ramoma gallery
2004- Children painting workshop in Ngecha artists association gallery
2005-Mosaic workshop in Gachoire Girls High School
2005- Mosaic workshop at Kuona Trust
2006-Scrap metal workshop at Ngecha artist association gallery
2007-Wood sculpture workshop at YMCA
2008-internaly displaced people Counseling workshop at Limuru Kirathimo camp
2008- internally displaced people Children painting and counseling workshop at Ngecha gospel church camp
2009-Mural paintings in community areas teaching health, drug abuse, AIDS awareness three weeks workshop

EXHIBITIONS

2001-Group exhibition at Ramoma
2002-Art affair exhibition at Ramoma
2003-Painting exhibition at Banana art studio
2004-United Nation environment exhibition
2004-National Museum of Kenya exhibition
2004-Ministry of Culture exhibition in cotona Italy
EXHIBITIONS
2005-Health exhibition at Goethe institute, Ministry of culture, Alliance Française Nairobi and MOH.
2006-Painting exhibition at Kuona trust
2007-Calender competition at Alliance Francaise in Nairobi
2009-Obama inauguration exhibition at American Embassy Nairobi
2009-Unity through diversity women history and black history exhibition at American Embassy Nairobi.
2002-2009-Annual Ngecha art festival exhibition
2009-Faith andChurches exhibition at Paa ya Paa Nairobi
2009-World music day Daniel Pearl exhibition at Paa ya Paa Nairobi

CONTACT

Email:gngaruiya2005@yahoo.com

Cell:+254 728815395

KENNEDY CHEGE alias ARTIFACT

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:44:44 +0000

Born on june 6th 1987 at Ngecha village as the second child in a family of three. I was brought up in this village and joined Mahinga primary school and completed in 2002 where I attained a K.C.P.E. certificate. In 2003 February I was invited to join Kijabe Boys Secondary school. I studied here for two terms and in the third term of the year I sneaked out of the school due to what was popularly known in Kenyan schools as monoraization or molestation of new comers. I went home and decided never to join a boarding school. In that third term I joined a day school at Ngecha namely Gichuru High School. I studied here until 2004 third term where I changed my mind and took the advice of my parent to join another boarding school for the sake of a better future and off I left to Nyahururu Boys Secondary School. By good luck I was able to cope with life here till I completed in November 2006 and attained a K.C.S.E certificate. In 2007 February I joined Graffins College at Westland’s Nairobi where I studied computer engineering until November the same year where I completed for certificate but couldn’t study for diploma due to insufficient funds. My education ended here and I was out to find a job. But with but with bad economy and corruption finding a job was like buying time using silver and gold and so I ended up at home.

ARTISTIC TALENT

Born by a father who is an artist to date my art started since childhood through working with my father in his studio and as my core artist nicknamedme, my art is through inheritance. Though art was not taught in school in those days the understanding of art come to me at early age and by 1996 to 1997 I was an artist with his own name although my studies still barred me form many events of art and my art would speak for me whenever I was away and in 1997 September a lady by the name Jessica from Canada visited my father and got interested with my work. She started collecting my work which I used to dump in my bedroom until 2000 when she died through a road accident. Confusion stroked in but I continued drawing and dumping them in my bedroom but time to time I would take one or two of my work to Ngecha gallery until 2002 when I joined them completely. I use oil, acrylic, sometimes I do sculpture and color prints. My art goes from full & semi abstract,imaginative,rearistic,wildlife,stuational and not forgetting the most interesting the interpretation of my over night dreams.

Though my mission is to pass my talent to many young people as possible my income has shortened it all, but am proud at my age to have produced two artists namely Nachu Kariuki who works and reside in Greece and Judy Wanjiru who is still venturing in the field of art and currently working with two young boys aged 10 years who I hope with time they will be able to standby their own. Ideas and moral support are completely needed towards my dreams of eradicating poverty in my community by making sure each house hold in Ngecha has at least one artist hence my vision of making Ngecha village a tourist destination will come to reality.

EXHIBITONS

1997 – Ngecha YMCA: theme:Art& Youth

1998 – Nuru art studio May & December

1999 – kuona Trust. Theme: Art in the street

2000 – Village market. A joint exhibition

2001 – YMCA Limuru-solo exhibition

2002 -2009 Annual art festival at Ngecha

2003 – Banana Art gallery

– Goethe institute

2004 – Gallery Watatu . Joint exhibition

2005 – Alliance Francaise Nairobi

2006 – cotona Itary ministry of culture

– Merry go round meseum of kenya

2007 – kuona Trust

– Banana art studio

2008 – Village market: theme: Kenya burning

– Reopening of Kenya national museum

2009 – US embassy: -inauguration of Obama

-Unity through diversity

-Women history & black history

2009 – Paa ya paa: world music day (Daniel Pearl)

– Faith & churches

WORKSHOPS

Print workshop_Ramoma
2000-2009_Afracan art family
Kenya burning _Ngecha
2008-internaly displaced people Counseling workshop at Limuru Kirathimo camp
2008- internally displaced people Children painting and counseling workshop at Ngecha gospel church camp
Public mural workshop
Rudua art & culture of turkana people
Mombas visual art and comas art
The street of Nairobi at Ramoma

CONTACT:

Email: raskenniess@yahoo.com

kenartifact@gmail.com

tel: + 254724477964

Art

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:41:58 +0000

realizing human rights through african art in seattle

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:33:58 +0000

Come to an art celebration featuring 130 paintings and sculptures that have traveled from Kenya to Seattle, to provide connection between continents and cultures and to illustrate how art realizes human rights. Learn about art and life in the small village of Ngecha, Kenya and experience the connection between art and human rights through the PAUSE art program, live African music, and the international arts community. Light refreshments, including FREE WINE, will be served.

All pieces are for sale.

WHEN: Saturday, January 9th, 2010, 7:00-11:00 pm

WHERE: Fremont Abbey, the Great Hall

All pieces are for sale.

WHEN: Saturday, January 9th, 2010, 7:00-11:00 pm

WHERE: Fremont Abbey, the Great Hall