Art as therapy: How a diplomat’s job loss, grief sparked Nairobi exhibition

“Strip Woven” cyanotype artworks by Elizabeth Ashamu Deng on display at the One Off Contemporary Art Gallery in Nairobi, March 11, 2026.

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When Elizabeth Ashamu Deng lost her elder sister and her job, it forced her to align herself with her creative side, stifled from childhood. She then curated perhaps one of the most therapeutic exhibitions ever witnessed at the One-Off Contemporary Art Gallery in Nairobi.

Titled 'Your Future is Bright', the show is a beautiful print and shade experience. Looking at the cerulean blues is calming, akin to staring at the vast ends of an ocean, virgin from human interference.

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