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CURICULUM VITAE

 

 

NAME: David Mwaniki Ndirangu

DATE OF BIRTH: 05-09-1972

NATIONALITY: KENYAN

SEX: Male

PHONE NUMBER: 0734545583

ADDRESS: C/O Xmedia, P.O Box 48254 Nairobi.

Email: damnkind@yahoo.com

 

 

EDUCATION

 

David Mwaniki was born in Rift valley province Nakuru District, where he attended his primary and secondary school up form three and went to the Maragwa district and completed his secondary education. After secondary education he worked on several job before he joined Kuona Trust Art studios a charitable organization and attended several workshop and exhibitions. His work is basically based on human anatomy and mostly in nude women. He has been teaching and working with children form deferent institutions and recently he has ventured in the movie business. Below are some of the workshops and exhibitions he attended.

 

WORKSHOPS

 

 

2002: Gas welding workshop at Kuona art studio by Kevin Oduor.

2002: Mix media workshop at Kuona trust art studios by a visiting artist from Zimbabwe.

2002: Gardens decoration workshop at the Italian Institute of culture Nairobi.

2001: Video art workshop at the Goethe Institute of culture Nairobi. 

1999: Painting workshop at Kuona Trust art studios by a visiting artist fro Zimbabwe.

1999: Block printing at Kuona Trust art studios by a visiting artist from the U.S.A.

1998: Clay modeling at Kuona trust art studios by Kevin Oduor.

1998:  Arc welding at Kuona Trust art studios by Prinah Shah.

1998: Wood carving at Kuona Trust art studios by Morris Foit.

1997: Stone carving at Kuona Trust art studios by Elijah Ogira.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2007: Friends of art at International School of Kenya.

2006: Friends of art at the International School of Kenya.

2004: Had a group exhibition in Britain.

2003: Had a group exhibition in the U.S.A that went to five deferent gellaries.

2000: Had a group exhibition named “the best of East and Central Africa” at the Italian Institute of Culture.

1999: Group exhibition at the village market “art affair”.

1999: Group exhibition at the National Museums of Kenya Nairobi “art festival”

1998: the bets of Kuona Trust at the East Africa gallery of contemporary art national museums of Kenya.

 

 

 

SPECIAL PROJECTS

 

2006: Made props for “Help” a movie by Robert Bresson.

2005: Made props for “Deadly Ties” a movie by Cajetan Boy.

2004-2007: Teaching at International School of Kenya.

2003: Did a project for children suffering with cancer at Kenyatta Hospital.

2001: work with hearing impaired children at Kambui School for the deaf.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2004: His work was published in an art magazine in the U.S.A.

2000: His work was published in a book “2000 reasons to love the earth” in Germany.