Cyrus Kabiru

Kenyan | 1984

Cyrus Kabiru is a Kenyan Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1984. Their work is currently being shown at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art in Cape Town. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Akka Project, Dubai have featured Cyrus Kabiru's work in the past.Cyrus Kabiru's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 756 USD to 14,057 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2013 the record price for this artist at auction is 14,057 USD for Blue Beard, two, sold at Strauss & Co., Cape Town in 2023. Cyrus Kabiru has been featured in articles for The Art Newspaper, CAFA Art Info and Art South Africa. The most recent article is 'Stay' a While to Enjoy Sala, New Permanent Exhibition at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa written for ArtDaily in December 2023.

Macho Nne 05 , 2015

pigment ink on premium satin photographic paper

image size: 145 x 116 cm; framed size: 154 x 124.5 x 5 cm

Amittai , 0 November 2022

steel and found objects

height: 155cm; width: 202cm; depth: 25cm

Macho Nne 13 (White House Spider) - Cyrus Kabiru

Macho Nne 13 (White House Spider) , 2015

pigment ink on HP premium satin photographic paper on diasec mount

image size: 146 by 116cm; 153 by 123 by 4,5cm

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At Auction

Available Artworks

Macho Nne 06 (Caribbean Elephant

By Cyrus Kabiru

Strauss & Co., Cape Town

Recent Auction Results

Macho Nne 06 (Caribbean Elephant

By Cyrus Kabiru

Strauss & Co., Cape Town

Macho Nne 05 (Westgate)

By Cyrus Kabiru

Strauss & Co., Cape Town

Macho Nne 13 (White House Spider)

By Cyrus Kabiru

Strauss & Co., Cape Town

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Current Exhibitions

SALA

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art

Cape Town | South Africa

Dec 15,2023 - Apr 12,2026

Past Exhibitions

Sculpture Park

Akka Project, Dubai

Al Quoz | Dubai | United Arab Emirates

Feb 23,2024 - Mar 09,2024

ONLINE: Art For A Cause

Akka Project, Dubai

Al Quoz | Dubai | United Arab Emirates

Nov 10,2023 - Jan 31,2024

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Articles

'Stay' a While to Enjoy Sala, New Permanent Exhibition at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

ArtDaily 19/12/2023

In collaboration with the 2023 cohort of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art AfricaZeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa & University of the Western Cape (UWC) Museum Fellows, Sala is an intimate look into Zeitz MOCAA’s permanent collection archive.

Global Demand for African Art Brings Near-Record Year for South African Auction House Despite ‘Much Higher Degrees of Uncertainty’

The Art Newspaper 27/01/2023

Strauss & Co is launching a new sale format with the aim of fostering a more inclusive African art market

Princeton University Art Museum Presents "Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age"

CAFA Art Info 11/05/2022

What does it mean to be an artist in a pixelated world?

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Coverage

“ ..Kabiru is best known for his elaborate and detailed sculptural spectacles or C-Stunners, constructed from urban debris... ”
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SMAC Art Gallery, Johannesburg

“ ..Kabiru is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of Africa’s leading names associated with Afrofuturism... ”
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town

“ ..Highly individualistic, Kabiru creates intricate sculptural artworks from recycled materials that he finds throughout his hometown of Nairobi... ”
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town

“ ..By photographing himself wearing his glasses, Kabiru embraces this transformative aspect of Afrofuturism and allows himself to become a ‘blank slate’ on which the ‘C-Stunners’ aid him in forming unique... ”
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town