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Revived Artists was formed with the aim of art mission activities through a visual and performing artist membership, having been mentored at the Railways Museum art studios, a transformative art establishment within Kenya. Our major goal is to create a more sustainable model to doing art with impact regardless of any interruptions like the pandemic and hence in 2020, RA was born. We have done a major art project – Together at Home - with The Ministry of Sports, Heritage and Culture through the National Museums of Kenya to create awareness about COVID-19 in the communities.We are privileged to have been founded to make visual art a tool for mission as the main aim; meaning that art will bring healing and restore life to our communities as we build better relations with a wide artist community.

VISION:To revive peoples’ perspective through Art.MISSION:To use art as the main tool, that will bring healing and restore life to our communities, through mentorships, empowering communities to explore their gifts and talents; as we build better relations with a wide Artist community.VALUES:1. Faithfulness
2. Community
3. Consistency
4. Commitment
5. Integrity
6. Excellence
7. Prayer

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OUR ARTISTS

TIMOTHY NDEGWA (nde.sign)
Timothy Ndegwa (nde.sign) is a Sociologist and Graphics Designer by profession and a visual artist – a creative by passion; based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is currently working as Lead Designer at Nde.sign as well as a founding member of the art collective, Revived Artists, with impeccable communication skills, a mentor and a design thinker.As a life-skills mentor and art/design tutor, he believes in knowledge sharing as a measure of realizing a utopian system of interaction, empowerment and specifically employing the bottom-up approach in any concept before implementing it to realize its short and long term benefits. Ndegwa is passionate about leading a creative process of change in attitudes and skill development of people and communities in Kenya.He has worked with different Non-Governmental Organizations as well as government through the Ministry of Sports, Heritage and Culture grant award to create awareness to public on COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 dubbed “Together at Home.” Ndegwa was part of JAR Art Residency and Exhibition in 2018 and 2019. He has participated in art exhibitions with the Kenya Museums Society from 2021 in their biggest art show Affordable Art Shows as well as McKinsey & Company just recently in April-June,2023. He has also showed in numerous group exhibitions with his artist collective Revived Artists, including a recently concluded Talisman Restaurant Exhibition.He has volunteered in different communities in Nairobi and is member of Rotary International.

FINNIE WAFULA
is a Performing and Visual Artist based in Kenya. He is mostly known by his artist name PRINCE VIPHe started doing Visual Art professionally in 2017, after joining Dust Depo Artist Studio Using an Impressionism technique, he draws a lot of inspiration from daily activities and his surroundings.
His themes revolve around beauty and love; “For I believe love is the greatest virtue and you cannot express beauty without having love in you.”Finnie enjoys doing live painting and passing knowledge through teaching art to kids and art lovers. In 2019, he was invited to do live painting at an event where the immediate former President of the Republic of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta was the guest of honor.He's currently working on a series dubbed ‘Nairobusy’ In 2020, he co-founded Revived Artists, a collective of artists which brings healing and restoration to communities through art mentorship and empowerment. The 10-member collective is based in the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS – Maktaba Kuu) in Upperhill, Nairobi.Exhibitions: Dust Depo Art Studios (2018). Utalii Hotel (2018), BSQ Art Studio (2018), JAR Art Residency Exhibition (2019), Karen Country Club (2021), Manjano Show (2021), The Front Row Seat Exhibition at the Kenya Museums Society (2022), UM Gallery (2022), The Affordable Art Show (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and recently in March 2023), Mc Kinsey & Company (2022, 2023).

NICOLE GITAU
Nicole Gitau, an interior designer and art enthusiast, was born in Nairobi and raised in Kajiado.
Driven by a passion for sustainable art, she creates sea animal sculptures from driftwood. She
has also ventured into crafting dolls that represent African heritage, with the aim of celebrating
the continent's rich history, which is often underrepresented. Through her work, she seeks to
evoke a sense of nostalgia while fostering pride in African cultures. Nicole aspires to leave a
legacy of inspiring both current and future generations to embrace and appreciate African
traditions through stories, fashion, and jewelry.

LEE WAMAE
is a visual artist, graphic designer and 3D Animator based in Nairobi, Kenya. He creates artistic works in the form of paintings and illustration using patterns and techniques to tell visual stories. He believes in collaborating with different artists to create the best artworks because collaboration builds strength. He is a member and co-founder of Revived Artists Collective and has taken part in community development projects such as; “Together at Home” mural to educate the public about COVID-19, Rangi za East, Children’s Bill 2021, painting murals at children’s homes and SIM Kenya Art Camp for teaching children the art of painting and drawing. In the year 2021, he took part in creating an illustration that was used to campaign and push a bill (Children’s Bill 2021) in parliament;
a collaboration with Mtoto News,Child Fund, World Vision, Joining Forces for all children in Kenya, Save the Children, Terres des Hommes and SOS Children’s Village International. The bill was amended in January 2022 after 20 years. Lee has also taken part in art exhibitions such as; the Affordable Art Exhibition, Kioko Art Gallery Exhibition, Nairobi Art Gallery Exhibition, Karen Country Club Exhibition, and Ubuntu Art Exhibition. He has also participated in book illustrations such as “Trees” by Ellyanne Chlystun Wanjiku Githae, a Climate Finance and Biodiversity Champion. He has also collaborated with NGOs such as UNICEF, Terre des Hommes by creating illustrations for books for Children. Lee also holds a HND in 3D Animation and Multimedia.

Jesse Okumu (OKM Arts)
is a Kenyan self-taught acrylic painter based in Nairobi.He started his journey in 2013 doing pen and pencil art. Eventually his art started evolving as he experimented with different mediums and eventually settled on acrylic painting.Even though he changed mediums he still maintained the expressive nature of his art.He tells stories using this technique because he grew up loving folk tales.He has showed in numerous group exhibitions with his artist collective Revived Artists, including a recently concluded Talisman Restaurant Exhibition.“We live in a world filled with different stories each unique in their own way. Stories of the past that lead to the present and stories of the future that are shaped in the present. Some of these stories are loud and easily noticeable while others are silent not everyone can notice them”, he says.

LEO WARIGI
is a fine artist who specializes in oil and acrylic still-life, landscape and portrait paintings.
His majors as an artist are both realism and abstract. He did his Art studies at the Kenyatta University but his desire to become an artist began when he was ten years of age, when he got inspired by his late grandfather who was a professional painter and singer songwriter who played guitar. He has taken part in regular exhibitions to expound his potential as an artist and grow in diversity. Painting brings him a great sense of delight and wonder with a sense of serenity and tranquility.

PATRICK MUMO, alias J’naar,
is a professional fine artist with over nine years of experience in the craft who has majored in realism & portraiture. He also does music production, songwriting & singing. He is also an actor and has played in a number of Kenyan shows two of them being Machachari and Njoro wa Uba.As a professional fine artist, he does fine art full time and has created a good customer base for his portraiture. He has worked with Safaricom for a documentary on art in early 2015 where he met the late C.E.O, Bob Collymore, at his office in Safaricom House Westlands branch. He is part of an artist group called Revived Artists who worked on a major mural project with the National Museums of Kenya for Covid Awareness in 2021. As a collective, they have also done murals for Bamburi Cement Ltd.He also has showed in numerous group exhibitions with his artist collective Revived Artists, including a recently concluded Talisman Restaurant Exhibition.He is a resident artist and art tutor currently based at the Kenya National Library Service in Upperhill, Nairobi