The Most Famous
SCULPTORS from Kenya
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kenyan Sculptors of all time. This list of famous Kenyan Sculptors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Wangechi Mutu (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 39.04, Wangechi Mutu is the most famous Kenyan Sculptor. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages on wikipedia.
Wangechi Mutu (; born 1972) is a Kenyan American visual artist, known primarily for her painting, sculpture, film, and performance work. Born in Kenya, Mutu now splits her time between her studio there in Nairobi and her studio in Brooklyn, New York, where she has lived and worked for over 20 years. Mutu's work has directed the female body as subject through collage painting, immersive installation, and live and video performance while exploring questions of self-image, gender constructs, cultural trauma, and environmental destruction and notions of beauty and power.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Kenyan sculptors born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kenyan sculptors include Wangechi Mutu. As of April 2024, 1 new Kenyan sculptors have been added to Pantheon including Wangechi Mutu.
