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Wangechi Mutu
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Wangechi Mutu

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Creating hybrid figures that challenge representations of women and nature.

The End of eating Everything · The NewOnes, will free Us

Born
22 June 1972
Birthplace
Nairobi

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Wangechi Mutu

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan-American artist working across collage, sculpture, film and performance. Her altered bodies connect questions of beauty with colonial histories and environmental damage.

Early life

Nairobi and Wales

Grew up in Nairobi before attending Atlantic College in Wales.

Art school

Graduated from Cooper Union in 1996 and Yale in 2000.

Career

  1. 2000

    Sculpture training

    Completed her Yale MFA and began exhibiting internationally.

  2. 2015

    Two studios

    Began dividing her practice between Nairobi and New York.

Selected work

The End of eating Everything

An animated film featuring the musician Santigold.

The NewOnes, will free Us

Four bronze figures commissioned for the Metropolitan Museum façade.

Beyond work

Materials and environment

Combines found materials, organic forms and manufactured images in her practice.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical data and references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Mutu Studio; courtesy of the artist / Zeitz MOCAA. Copyrighted image; source credit retained · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.