the east african newspaper: maggie and larissa go to panaf..
August 5th, 2009
in this weeks east african newspaper: Maggie and Larissa go to Algiers to send up the politicians…
Larissa was born in Kenya in 1981 and spent the majority of her childhood in the capital, Nairobi. After a year spent travelling, Larissa went to study Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire in the UK, from 2000-2004.
Larissa started exhibiting in group shows in Bristol. Her first solo exhibition, ‘By Road’ was held in Nairobi in 2007. This exhibition led to several invitations for group exhibitions, including ‘Africa Now!’ arranged by the World Bank and held in Washington Dc and most recently ‘Africaines’, showcasing work of contemporary African women artists and coming under the umbrella of the Pan African Cultural Festival held in Algiers.
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back from the algiers…
July 14th, 2009
Recently back from my 5 day trip to Algeria. It was great to finally meet Nadira Laggoune, the curator of ‘Africaines’ the exhibition which featured my work and that of around 20 other female artists. Visit: http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com/page/6984/en for an article about this specific exhibition. The high-light of the trip was meeting and getting to know fellow artists from Africa. We spent our time getting to know the city of Algiers and its colourful people, experiencing some roller coaster taxi rides, eating pizza, escaping the heat under our favourite Bedouin tent and enjoying some of the many events that made up the Panaf’ 09 festival. The festival and exhibitions run until the end of the month so anyone curious to visit the tourist-untouched Algiers, now is your chance. Please click on the following facefbook link to see my photo album:
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exhibiting at the pan african cultural festival in algiers this july
June 1st, 2009
I am excited to finally announce that I have two new paintings being exhibited at the 2nd Pan African Cultural Festival being held in Algiers this July! Back in January I was invited to produce work for their exhibition ‘Africaines’ which will include artwork from a selection of contemporary African women artists. The festival will feature thousands of artists from all disciplines including visual art, theatre, dance, film, fashion etc. It aims to attract millions of visitors and highlight the ‘Artistic Renaissance’ that is sweeping through Africa. For more information please see their website; www.panafalger2009.dz Or visit www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-17-voa.cfm for a great little article about the festival.
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You can click on the thumbnails below to view my recent exhibitions. Click on the more symbol on the right of the exhibitions' title to view the artwork in that collection. To see more exhibitions visit the artist's cv and gallery page.
pan african cultural festival
Algiers July 7th 2009
africa now!
world bank, washington dc december 2008
You can download the exhibition brochure here.
the isk art show
nairobi april 2008
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