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<<< Sam Kimemia >>>

Name: Sam  Kimemia                   
Date of birth: 11th June 1978
Nationality: Kenyan           
Marital status: Single   
Lingua: English, Kiswahili                     
Telephone: 0720 693326                
P.O. Box:  11154 Nairobi 00100
E-mail: waiskim@yahoo.com


CAREER EDUCATION

1997 –1999: Creative Art centre, Diploma in fine art-Drawing and painting


WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
October 2003: Etching on Plexi - Glass, Museum art studio,Tutor: Joyce Wellman
April 2003: Mixed Media on Paper and Canvas, The French Cultural centre (Nairobi), Tutor: Nitos Dos Santos Mangupelo
November 2002: Oil on canvas, The French cultural centre (Nairobi), Tutor: Maria Kasule Kizito
September 2002: Acrylic on canvas, Museum art studio, Tutor: Patrick Mukabi
April 2002: Framing and Presentation, Museum art Studio, Tutor: Philip (franex)
February 2002: Gouache on paper and canvas, Museum art Studio, Tutor: Chain Muhandi
January 2002: Monoprints Museum art Studio (N.M.K), Tutor: Peterson Kamwathi

RESIDENCIES

2004: Karichota artists” Camp, Naromoru, Kenya

2004: Mua Hills Residency, Mua, Kenya

2001 -2003: Museum art Studio (N.M.K) Nairobi


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
January - Oct 2006: "Kenyan Art" CatMose Gallery England - Michael Hestletine Gallery England
August 2005 "African culture African Colours" Fiesta Restaurant
August 2004: "The journey" National museums of Kenya
April 2004: "Utopia" RaMoMa
January 2004:"Kenya Art" New York
February 2003: "Three Influences, Several Perspectives", French Cultural and Co operation Centre
July 2002: "Expressions of the Wild", The Nairobi Safari Club
October 2001: "Constitution Review competition Exhibition:, The National Museum of Kenya
April 1999: "Nairobi Insecurity:, Goethe Institute Nairobi

SPECIAL PROJECTS
September 2005: Curating artworks "Nyumbani day" Nyumbani children's home, Karen.
October 2003: Teaching Kibera children `s Home, NMK
September 2003: Teaching Dagoretti children ‘s centre, NMK


PUBLICATIONS 

April 2004:  Utopia