Christopher Kirubi

22nd July – 17th October 2020

Christopher Kirubi was the third recipient of our free three month studio residency. Their new video work ear, a poetic combination of imagery, spoken word and sound, was made as a marker of the end of their residency.

Christopher is a poet and artist based in London, working with a variety of approaches to explore sexuality, gender, race and desire. They address intimacy and political themes through exploring the mutability of images, objects and text. Christopher has presented work at free.yard: praise n pay it / pull up; come into the rise, South London Gallery (2018); Campus Fugitive: The Unexpected Beautiful Phrase, Nottingham Contemporary (2019) and Jerwood Lates, Jerwood Arts London (2019).