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Anthony Wanjau

Kenyan 1971-2023 

Anthony Wanjau came from a family of Kenyan sculptors. His father, Samuel Wanjau, was famous in the 1980s and 1990s, and his older brother, Jackson and nephew, Samuel, carried on this tradition. He joined the Nairobi-based art centre Kuona Trust in 1999 and was associated with the studio space for over 20 years, exhibiting in group exhibitions and doing commissions.

Working directly in wood and stone without sketching the form first, Wanjau was an instinctive artist who understood how to find the form within the material and how to bring it out with humour and a light-heartedness. His work was minimal, using only necessary details to simplify a human form. His subjects went about their daily lives, doing chores, using tools, picking flowers, squashing a mosquito, removing jiggers or studying.

Biography courtesy of Circle Art Gallery.

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Anthony Wanjau; Dreaming
Dreaming
28 Oct 2026
Starting at KES 85 000