The dawn of new stars: Visual art scene giving voices and spaces to young blood

Some of the participants in the art competition 2025 pose for a group photo at the Karen Village on August 30, 2025.

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

Every year, Karen Village in Nairobi hosts an art competition with calls for artists from across the East African region to submit paintings which are selected for a month-long exhibition at the art gallery, which is made from the remnants of an old colonial church built in 1864.

From last Saturday and running into the rest of this month, the exhibition features rising stars in the contemporary art scene- who have a passion for art that veers off from the traditional script of oil, acrylic, or pastels on canvas.

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