New Wave: Kenya’s Gen Z artists make a bold entrance

Some of the artists featured in the ‘New Wave’ exhibition pose for a photo at One Off Contemporary Art Gallery on July 12, 2025.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

One gets the feeling that Kenya is on the cusp of socio-political change, as the youth press on with protests against poor governance and injustice.

That same hunger for transformation pulsed through the bold canvas paintings on display last Saturday at One Off Contemporary Art Gallery, which unveiled New Wave, an exhibition spotlighting the next generation of Kenyan visual artists.

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