Humphrey Mosoti

Humphrey Mosoti is a Kenyan born in 1970 in Ikenye village, Masaba South district, Kisii County.
At School he had several overriding artistic interests among them: Drawing, Painting, Calligraphy, Clay modelling and Sculpture. Adventure seemed to combine elements of them all.

In 1986, Humphrey tried his hand on a paint brush and discovered his creative genius. It was then that he truly committed himself into the adventure of becoming an artist.
In 1990 he settled in Nairobi as a self employed artist.
Trying his hand on signage, gradually elevated him to a higher level of a skilled painter, illustrator and sign writer.
In 1995, Humphrey started doing portrait art. He has since been commissioned to paint several portraits of senior government officials, the clergy, corporate directors and other international distinguished personalities and icons, including the late professor Wangari Mathai, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Anan, Barrack Obama and many others. He has also done murals in many colleges, schools, churches, hospitals and hotels.

Humphrey has also ventured into other forms of art. His work is mainly figurative in semi-abstract and abstract forms and depicts life in a traditional and mordern abstract context. Mosoti takes h...

Self-Taught

Nationa Museum of Kenya Art Studio