Profile
James Kamande is a visual artist and urban storyteller based in Kenya. His work delves into the layered narratives of Nairobi's built environment. Through painting and sculpture, he explores the intersections of housing, economy, society, and politics, using architectural forms as both subject and metaphor.
His practice captures the lived realities of urban communities, their resilience, fragility, and collective memory, while also reflecting on identity, urbanisation, and social transformation. By reimagining the textures and tensions of everyday life in the city, he aims to make the silent conversations between people and the spaces they inhabit more visible. He has been working as an artist in Nairobi for more than five years.
