🇰🇪🇪🇹 Nairobi and Addis Ababa-based Visual Artist, Illustrator, Animator, and Graphic Recorder whose work sits at the intersection of storytelling, knowledge sharing, and social impact. He has collaborated with global organizations including UNICEF, WHO, WWF, Adobe, the African Union, and C40 Cities, creating visual narratives and documentation that help people connect with ideas, conversations, and lived experiences.
If someone met you for the first time today, what would you want them to understand about who you are and what matters to you?
I would want them to understand that I am deeply interested in people, stories, places, and the different ways knowledge can be seen, felt, and shared. My work sits between art, design, documentation, and social impact, and I care about making complex ideas more accessible, human, and memorable.
What matters to me is representation, community, and creating visuals that help people feel seen. Whether I am illustrating, animating, or doing live graphic recording, I’m often thinking about how images can hold memory, translate conversations, and make space for voices that are sometimes left out. I also want to create as freely as possible.
What’s a part of your story that doesn’t usually appear in your bio, but has had a big influence on who you’ve become?
A part of my story that does not always appear in my bio is how much my work has been shaped by movement between places, communities, and ways of thinking. Being based between Nairobi and Addis Ababa and travelling has influenced how I see identity, belonging, and home.
I have also learned a lot from simply observing everyday life: streets, conversations, public spaces, nature, and the small details of how people gather and support each other. Those experiences have shaped my visual language as much as formal projects have. They have taught me that important stories are not always loud; sometimes they are found in ordinary moments.
What are you working on today, and what excites you most about it?
At the moment, I’m working across illustration, animation, and graphic recording for projects connected to social impact, research, climate, health, community, and knowledge-sharing. A lot of my work involves listening to conversations, ideas, or lived experiences and transforming them into visuals that people can understand and connect with.
I’m also becoming more interested in the conversations around AI and the systems behind the tools we interact with every day, from chatbots to different AI software. I think a lot about the human work behind these technologies, including data labelling, safety, ethics, and the decisions that shape how these systems respond to us.
What excites me most is the possibility of using visual communication as a bridge. I enjoy working on projects where art is not only decorative, but also helps people understand something better, remember something longer, or feel more included in a conversation.
What’s a lesson your work has taught you that you think more people should know?
My work has taught me that visuals are not just about making something look beautiful. They can shape how people understand information, how they remember ideas, and how they feel included in a conversation.
Another lesson is that listening is one of the most important parts of visual work. Before I draw, I have to listen carefully: to people, to context, to emotions, and to what is not being said directly. Good visual communication is not only about style; it is about care, clarity, and responsibility.