About Me
The City Speaks — I Paint Its Rhythm.
James Kamande Biography
Born: Nairobi, Kenya, 1992
Based in: Nairobi, Kenya
Experience: 10+ years
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James is a visual artist and an urban storyteller, born 1992 in Nairobi, he lives and has worked from his
home studio in Nairobi city since 2015. Through paintings and sculptures, he explores
architectural and human forms as both subject and metaphor to capture the lived realities of
urban communities, resilience, fragility, and collective memory—while also reflecting on themes of society, politics and habitats, labor and social transformation. By reimagining the textures of grace and tensions of everyday life in the city, he aims to make silent conversations between people and the spaces they inhabit more visible.
He has had a Solo exhibition, Urban Shelters at Redhill Art Gallery, Nairobi, 2025
Group exhibitions include – Cultural tapestries, National Museum Creativity Gallery, Nairobi,
2026, Between signals, Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Nairobi, 2026, Contemporary Art Affair, Trademark, Nairobi, 2025, Mikwaruzo, Kairos Futura, Nairobi, 2025, Unstretched, Cincinnati, House of Friends Gallery,2024, Danish Embassy 2024, Resonance of memory and Time, Sena Gallery, 2024, Esho Funi, Ardhi Gallery, Nairobi, 2023, Safety in my World, Ardhi Gallery, Nairobi, 2023, Art Affair, OneOff Gallery, Nairobi, 2023. His works has been collected in Europe and USA and he continues to break even as his practice develop in exhibitions, perspectives and in scope.
Why Collect My Work
Each piece I create tells a story that transcends the canvas — a story of people, spaces, and the silent poetry of city life.
My art is not only visual; it’s emotional, historical, and deeply rooted in Nairobi’s evolving identity. I seek to preserve the rhythm of everyday resilience, the architecture of hope, and the grace found in struggle.
Collecting my work means being part of a larger conversation about belonging, transformation, and memory in the modern urban world.