Saturday December 1st, 2007 Art to INSPIRE - Wawi Amasha
Art to INSPIRE and a special African Inspired Fashion Show
Artist Studio Opening Event
Saturday December 1st, 2007
1807 ½ 11th Street, Santa Monica CA, 90404
4-8PM
About the Artist:
Wawi Amasha is among an emerging generation of Kenyan artists
working and living in the USA. With a professional career
spanning three years, the artist draws inspiration from her
home country. Themes of her work mirrors varied aspects of
Kenyan culture. She was born and raised in a small village
in Embu district, about 220 miles from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
A keen study of her paintings reveals a seemingly deliberate lack
of facial features on her subjects. This is a technique she uses
to portray “the faceless nature of African people” as viewed by
the rest of the world. But lately she is branching out to more
detailed paintings while still staying true to her own original
style. If you look carefully at all of her work, you will find
that she places a giraffe in every painting. She does this in
honor of her grandfather whose name “Ndwiga” in her language
“Kiembu” means giraffe.
wawi@wawiart.com * www.wawiart.com * 310.699.0831
