Rasto Cyprian’s rise: 24-year-old painter gaining gallery attention

Rasto Cyprian poses beside his artwork Bliss (2026), an acrylic on canvas piece at Circle Art Gallery in Nairobi on June 10, 2026.

Photo credit: Billy Ogada | Nation Media Group

There is a blurry line between genius and madness that Rasto Cyprian shows in his art. His artworks depict a man who loses himself in colours and the absurdity of the concepts in his paintings.

Ephemerals”, his exhibition at Circle Art Gallery, feels like a walk through a mangrove forest in sepia. Vines and branches twist and turn from the undergrowth in the different colours reflecting Rasto's moods. The show is a collage of work that meditates on rejuvenation, decay, and the in between that recognises the vulnerability of these moments.

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