Ca’ del Duca 3052, Corte del Duca Sforza
San Marco, 30124, Venezia, Italy
Tue – Sat 10am – 6pm
"I want my audience to look and relate with my work countless times over and over and not get tired of looking at them."
Concurrently with the 18th Biennale of Architecture in Venice, AKKA Project Venice presents a solo show by the Kenyan emerging artist Jimmy Kitheka: Falena From Nairobi, exhibiting his latest works as a result of Jimmy’s residency in Italy, between Venice and Macerata, in 2022. The exhibition runs from June 17th to August 26th, 2023.
Born in 1993 in Nairobi, Kenya, Jimmy is an impressionistic artist captivated by landscapes and oneiric scenarios; through shadows and blur effects, the artist evokes a sense of nostalgia. His work allows us to travel back in time to stories that retrace life in Nairobi in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Jimmy is a young artist with a promising future, strongly building his reputation as the Kenyan Edward Hopper.