Exhibitions & Press
On the walls of Nairobi,
in the pages of its press.
Leah’s paintings of Kenya’s lakes, forests and wildlife have hung in the courtyard of the Nairobi National Museum and in Karen’s Polka Dot Gallery, and have been reviewed in the Daily Nation and the Kenyan Arts Review.
- 2
- Group exhibitions
- 3
- Press features
- 2018
- Exhibiting since
Exhibition history
Where the work has been shown.
Group exhibition · October 2019 · three days
The Affordable Art Show
Nairobi National Museum, Courtyard, Nairobi
The Kenya Museum Society’s annual show, described as the biggest art show in East Africa, filled the museum’s open-air courtyard with paintings, sculpture and photography. From roughly 900 submissions, curators Wendy Karmali, Lydia Galavu and Dr Marla Stone selected 434 works. Leah exhibited Karura Forest, a study of Nairobi’s beloved urban forest.
- Leah’s work
- Karura Forest
- Organised by
- Kenya Museum Society
- Works selected
- 434
- Kenyan artists
- 275
- Guests on opening night
- 450+
CoverageKenyan Arts Review ↗
Group exhibition · Opened 29 July 2018
Why I Love Kenya
Polka Dot Gallery, Karen, Nairobi
A dozen Kenyan artists answered a simple question in paint: why do you love this country? Rolling green hills, city checkers players and boda boda riders shared the walls with the country’s waterways, including Lake Baringo, the Indian Ocean, and Leah’s Lake Naivasha.
- Leah’s work
- Lake Naivasha
- Kenyan artists
- 12
- Press reviews
- 2
Exhibiting artists
- Yony Waite
- Wilson Matunda
- Patrick Kinuthia
- Nayianoi Sitonik
- Leah Njenga
- Kennedy Kinyua
- Elias Mong'ora
- David Roberts
- Damba Ismaeli
- Caroline Mbirua
- Coster Ojwang
- Anne Mwiti
In the press
Stories of art, place, and community.
Reviews by arts critic Margaretta wa Gacheru that include Leah Njenga’s work.
Daily Nation · 1 August 2018
Artists use art to show why they love Kenya
A review of “Why I Love Kenya” at Polka Dot Gallery, noting Leah’s painting of Lake Naivasha among the few works that captured Kenya’s waterways.
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Kenyan Arts Review · 31 July 2018
“Why We Love Kenya” as Told Through Visual Art
Twelve Kenyan artists answer one question in paint, with landscapes, lakes, coastlines and city life, including Leah’s Lake Naivasha.
Read the feature ↗Kenyan Arts Review · 28 October 2019
Affordable Art Show Breaks Records
Coverage of the Kenya Museum Society’s record-breaking show at Nairobi National Museum, featuring Leah alongside her Karura Forest painting.
Read the feature ↗Curators & press
Planning a show or a story?
Leah welcomes invitations to group and solo exhibitions, interviews, and studio visits in Nairobi.
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