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Anthony Okello


One of the most important artists of his generation, he obtained a diploma in art and design from the Buruburu Institute of Fine Art and went on to work full time as a painter at Kuona Trust Museum Art Studio.

Best known for two series: one exploring tribal mythologies from the Luo, Kikuyu and Taita peoples; the other, his Masquerade Series, examining identity and the artifice employed in disguising true intent - one of which attracted the then highest price ever paid for a Kenyan painting at Bonhams Auction House in London.  He says of this iconic Masquerade series;  “For the simple need to look better than they actually are, people go to strange lengths to change themselves... a complete make-over.”

Okello's works were shown at Pop Up Africa (GAFRA) in Cork Street, London in 2014/15. He has also exhibited in the Netherlands, France, India and at the Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge, UK in 2017.
Along with I&M Bank his works are held in the collections of international accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers and the East African Visual Arts Trust.

He lives and works in Nairobi.



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  • Home
    • Sculpture Garden
  • Exclusive Artists
    • Timothy Brooke
    • Peterson Kamwathi
    • Thom Ogonga
    • Richard Kimathi
    • Anthony Okello
    • Peter Ngugi
    • James Mbuthia
    • Florence Wangui
    • Ehoodi Kichapi
    • Elias Mung'ora
    • Patrick Karanja
    • Lisa Milroy
    • Harrison Mburu
    • Mark Lecchini
    • Mandy Bonnell
  • Current Exhibitions
    • Elias Mung'ora - The Descendants
  • Exhibition Archive
    • Olivia Pendergast - the light that we are
    • Silvester Mwangi - Pathless Path
    • Timothy Brooke - The Last Word
    • Baraka Shamia - Retribution
    • 50% SALE
    • Simon Muriithi - My Troubled Neighbour
    • Sian Daniel - Artistic Alchemy
    • Kahare Miano - Works in Progress
    • Florence Wangui - Where Do We Begin
    • Gallery Artists Series '24
    • Thom Ogonga - Quadranscential
    • Cyprian Rasto - Flowers, Sun and Rain
    • Beatrice Wanjiku - "We are Parlour Soldiers"
    • Talitha Puri Negri - Watching You, Watching Me
    • Peter Ngugi - Flying over the City
    • Rashid Amin - Endangered Echoes
    • Michael Soi - Massage Spa
    • Milena Eleonora Tys
    • Defining Moments - A Group Show
    • Munene Kariithi - Beyond
    • Baraka Shamia - Rows and Columns
    • Richard Kimathi - Local conversations
    • Lisa Milroy - Paper Safari
    • Patrick Karanja - Wormhole
    • Xavier Vehoest - Our Memories Can't Wait (For Palestine)
    • Print Studio
    • Naomi Van Rampelberg - Anxiety My Muse
    • Baldy Osborne
    • Margaret Ngigi
    • Mika Obanda
    • Mandy Bonnell: Fragile Stories
    • Elias Mung'ora - Mburoti Maguta Maguta
    • Geeta Singh - Ode to Nature
    • Soi: The Three Chapters
    • Exclusive Artist's Exhibition
    • 'Harmonious Intrigues' Metal Sculptures Exhibition by Meshack
    • Rashid Diab exhibition
    • Mark Lecchini - Meditations
    • Sebawali Sio: Blue Gold Series
    • Yony Waite
    • Patrick Karanja
    • Baraka Shamia
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