Beatrice Wanjiku

Beatrice Wanjikū, is a Kenyan visual and abstract artist, who practices independently in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.

Early life and education Beatrice was born in the Ngong Hills Area in 1978. After attending local primary and secondary schools, she was admitted to the Buruburu Institute of Fine Arts, in Buruburu, a neighborhood in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. In 2002, she graduated with a Diploma in Fine Art.

Career Her work is divided into distinct phases (a) Mortality Phase (b) X-ray Phase (c) American Experience Phase (d) Introspective Phase.

Mortality Phase This phase reflects Beatrice's personal feels of profound personal loss, following the death of her mother, with whom she was very close.

X-Ray Phase In this phase, she appears to strip away the exterior of her subject and look directly "into the very soul of her subject".