Lidya Galavu

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Lydia Gatundu Galavu is an art [1] curator at the National Museums of Kenya [2] in Nairobi, where she manages the Museum's collection with a focus on contemporary art exhibition.

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Career

Galavu has a masters degree in Anthropology from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [3] She is an artist and a trained art educator with experience teaching in schools. She is a painter and sculptor, occasionally participating in exhibitions to showcase her work. Galavu is part of the organizing committee for the Kenya Museum society [4] and her work has been published in Kenya Past and Present by the Kenya Museum Society. [5] She is also assisting the Kenya Museum Society in organising affordable art show exhibitions at the National Museums of Kenya.

Exhibitions

Galavu has organised a number of exhibitions in theNational Museums of Kenya and outside the museum. [6] She participated in the establishment of Uhuru Gardens Heroes Museums [7] in Nairobi and in organizing the Pavilion of Kenya at 57th Venice Biennale. [8] Galavu is a member of the advisory board of the 18th Istanbul Biennale. She is also a founding member of the artists collective Hawa Artists project since 2000 [9] with artists Margaretta Akinyi Ocholla, Dorcas Omari, Nancy Wangari, Rosetta Makali and Nicho Makau. Galavu participated in the design and development of the collaborative travel 'Kanga Stories' exploring the cultural significance of the Kanga cloth across East and Central Africa. In 2024 she exhibited in the Feast of Art 2024 that showcases the evolution of modern visual art from East Africa. She is one of the organisers of the East Africa Art Show with Kenya Museum Society. She participated in organising the annual East African Art show, fostering artistic discourse in the region. She worked with National Museums of Kenya to organise travel exhibitions across East Africa. Her latest contribution to the Kenya Revisited is New Dreams of Gallen-Kallela's Africa exhibition in Finland, 2023.

Awards

Galavu received Scholar Fellowship Award of Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art Foundation (OYASAF). [10] She is also a member of International Council of Museums (ICOM). She is also a member of the National Arts Committee.

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Lydia Gatundu Galavu fighting for Kenya's First National Art Gallery". 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  2. ↑ "National Museums of Kenya", Wikipedia, 2024-12-21, retrieved 2024-12-22
  3. ↑ University of Nairobi https://www.uonbi.ac.ke/ . Retrieved 2024-12-21.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Kenya Museum Society – KMS website and blog". www.kenyamuseumsociety.org. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  5. ↑ Gatundu Galavu, Lidya (2024). "Finnish Artist Akseli Galen-Kallela: A Kenyan Curator's Perspective". Kenya Past and Present (49). Kenya Museum Society: 14.
  6. ↑ "Lydia Gatundu Galavu fighting for Kenya's First National Art Gallery". 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Lydia Gatundu Galavu". bienal.iksv.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  8. ↑ "Lydia Gatundu Galavu". bienal.iksv.org. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  9. ↑ Ocholla, Akinyi. "Promoting development through art". News From Africa. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  10. ↑ "About Us | Oyasaf". oyasaf.com. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  11. ↑ G. Galavu, Lydia; K. Kitungulu, Lydia (2019-08-20). "Tapping art for economic gain". Business Daily. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  12. ↑ G.Galavu, Lydia; K. Kitungulu, Lydia (2019-06-20). "Grim picture for national gallery without funding". Business Daily. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  13. ↑ G.Galavu, Lydia; K. Kitugulu, Lydia (2019-04-04). "Towards a national art gallery of Kenya". Business Daily. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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