Alpha Odh
Kibera, Kenya
11 Works exhibited on Kooness
Current location
Nairobi
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Works by Alpha Odh
ALPHA ODH is a self-taught artist based in Nairobi. Alpha deeply emerged into the creative processes from the early age of 12 while taking art classes at school. He started with abstracts and realism, and only after he took a camera into his hands did the inspiration for contemporary creations emerge. As the artist suggests, the camera can perfectly copy reality in seconds and there is no need to do the same on the canvas.
On the canvases of Alpha Odh the world of threatening urban existence is rendered. Introspection and social commentary gushing through his canvases are meant to start a dialogue about the human condition.
His body in a moment of creation becomes one with the brush: When I paint, the brush becomes an extension of my body. On the canvas, I and the brush must be recognized. I always play with different ideas and try to archive the best ones on the canvas by applying thick paint, splashing, or scratching fine lines. My subject is "Art being Art" I get my inspiration from every blink of my life, I see life in pictures basically.
ALPHA ODH (ALPHONCE ODHIAMBO)
B. 1998, Nairobi, Kenya
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 BERLIN FILES - UNAPOLOGETIC | Galeria Senda (Barcelona, Spain)
2023 Mediators | TUMO Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2023 Face to face | TUMO Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2022 BERLIN FILES - UNAPOLOGETIC | Bode Gallery (Berlin, Germany) 2022 Latitude of Expression | Mitochondria Gallery (Houston, United States)
2022 Autumn Lovin' | TUMO Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2021 Group Exhibition | One Off Gallery (Nairobi, Kenya)
2014 Group Exhibition | Nairobi National Museum (Nairobi, Kenya)
ART FAIRS
2022 SCOPE Art Show (Miami Beach, FL, US)
RESIDENCIES
2022 - 2023 BAAR ART Journey and Residency