Rosie
Olang’ Odhiambo

Awardee

Country

Kenya

Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo advocates for free expression through artistic research.

Themes
Free Expression / Civil Society
Reexamining history
Sexual / Queer Expression
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Visual Art
Awards
FELLOWS Award 2025
Building Beyond

Profile

Rosie Olang’ Odhiambo is a writer, independent artist, curator, and bookmaker based in Kenya. Rosie's facilitates workshops and creates zines and artist’s books as formats to play across various disciplines engaging with anticolonial, queer, feminist, and Black radical traditions. Recent research and exhibition projects include "Bisi’s Chorus" with i continue to continue collective,  "in transit under another sky", co-curated with E.N. Mirembe (2023 - ongoing) ,and "Amplitudes of Dawn" co-curated with Down River Road and friends (2022-2023).

Rosie has also worked in research, communications, writing and project management roles with arts and culture organizations in East Africa and the United States. She has previously served as the Head of programs at the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, as well co-founded Magic Door, an experimental imprint in Nairobi.