ALPHA ODH

b. 2001, Kenya

Alpha Odh (b. 2001) is a Kenyan painter based in Nairobi. His early painting was abstract or realist; his current work was prompted by photography. Rather than objects themselves, he paints intertwined ideas of objects – sketches, lines and geometric forms that the viewer’s imagination and experience extend. The people he depicts have no facial features: he sees identity as merely a construct. In the small-format series “Figures of Speech” he captures everyday moments in Nairobi: skyscrapers, people in suits, trees and flowers. In the series “OPAQUE”, begun in 2023, he paints in a very thin layer of acrylic on translucent vinyl fabric, inspired by church stained glass.

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