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Samuel Wanjau

Kenyan 1938-2013 

Samuel Wanjau is undoubtedly one of Kenya’s most revered and influential sculptors. Born in Nyeri on the family farm, Wanjau left school to join a carvers’ cooperative in Mombasa and later in Nairobi.

When Independence came in 1963, Wanjau started producing curios for the tourist market. On meeting Elimo Njau, of Paa Ya Paa Arts Centre, he began to explore new styles and techniques, straying away from the tourist market he had been catering for. Wanjau went on to develop a highly personal style that conveyed powerful emotion in the everyday figures and animals he carved.

Wanjau exhibited widely in East Africa and internationally, including in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States of America and Italy.


Biography courtesy of Circle Art Gallery.

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Samuel Wanjau; Untitled (Bird with Chicks)
Untitled (Bird with Chicks)
28 Oct 2026
Starting at KES 750 000