Michael Soi lifts veil on Nairobi's pain-numbing parties

Micheal Soi at the ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Two exhibition at Circle Art Gallery in Nairobi on January 20, 2026. 

Photo credit: Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

Heaven Can Wait feels like a prodigal son returning home, not with regrets but with the goodies. It marks his return in solo exhibition after more than six years.

It is quintessentially what you would expect from Michael Soi albeit with an upgrade, the colour scale and transitions are impeccably clear, and the catchphrases on the works are downright witty. Heaven Can Wait is colourful, salacious, provocative, evocative and a perfect reflection of a society leaning on its numb side of life. It masks as a hubris for hedonists but in reality, it is the veneer of a society numb on the inside.

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