Wambui Kamiru Collymore

Born in Kenya, Wambui Wamae Kamiru Collymore has been developing artwork around the themes of history, colonialism and memory in Africa. Through her work in contemporary art, Wambui tackles history, politics and social issues. She creates installations with everyday objects. Recent works include: All My Venus Days - 2022, Akili Ni Nywele Series II – 2021 Wakariru – 2019, Akili Ni Nywele – 2017 I'm moving out. Tomorrow – 2015, Your Name Betrays You - 2015, Who I Am, Who We Are - 2013 - Present and Harambee63 - 2013.  She is currently working on the subjects of decoloniality, womanhood and “online dis-identity.” 

Wambui Kamiru holds an MSc. in African Studies with a focus on Kenyan History from the University of Oxford. She is currently a resident at the Villa Albertine Program where she is researching cultural artifacts of the Kikuyu people at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and The Fowler Museum at UCLA. This program is in partnership with the Ford Foundation. Wambui has held residencies at the Bemis Center of Contemporary Art (USA) and Fellowships at Sommerakademie im Zentrum Paul Klee (Switzerland) and the Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators IV (Austria). In 2024, she received a prestigious Henrike Grohs Art Award for her work. Her work is also published in various journals and books. Wambui is a Board Member of the Afrexim Bank Art Programme Working Group and has served on various boards in an advisory capacity. She lives and works in Nairobi.