Kawira Mwirichia
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Kawira Mwirichia | |
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| Education | BSc. Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi; |
| Known for | Art, illustration curator |
Kawira Mwirichia (died 2020)[1] was a queer artist and curator from Kenya who lived in Athi River. She was a multidisciplinary artist known internationally for her kangas along with more traditional fine arts mediums such as painting, drawing, and sculpture.
Kawira Mwirichia was born in 1986. She lived in Athi River, Kenya.[citation needed] She died and was laid to rest in November 2020. She received her Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi (August 2007 to December 2012).[2] Through the Astraea Commslab, Mwirichia took a course for online LGBTQI activism. Her formal art training came from graphic & web design courses at the Institute of Advanced Technology as well as Nairobi Institute of Business Studies.