Jimmy Kitheka

20 September 2022

Jimmy Kitheka was born in 1993 in Kenya, he currently lives in Ngong and works in Nairobi, where his studio is located.

He studied graphics design in 2012 and worked as a graphics design lecturer in 2014, at Venture institute for a year before becoming a full time artist in 2015, under the mentorship of a well known artist in Kenya: Patrick Mukabi. For five years he worked together with Patrick Mukabi at his studio, until Jimmy together with some of his colleagues opened his own atelier, The Hive Art Studio.

Jimmy is an impressionistic artist captivated by landscapes and oneiric scenarios; through shadows and blur effects Kitheka evokes a sense of nostalgia. His work allows us to travel back in time to stories told by his grandfather and father. Stories that retrace life in Nairobi in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.