Wangari Mathenge (b. 1973, Nairobi, Kenya) lives and works between Chicago, IL, and Nairobi, Kenya. She holds degrees from Howard University and Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, and an MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL. In October 2023, Mathenge presented her second solo exhibition with Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, A Day of Rest. Current and recent group exhibitions include Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN (2026); Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC (2026; 2022); Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town (2022), touring to Kunstmuseum Basel (2024) and Bozar, Brussels (2025); Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York, NY (2025);Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, CA (2025); Dallas Museum of Art, TX(2024); LACMA, CA, travelling to Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN (2022-2024); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (2021-22); and El Espacio 23, Miami, FL (2020-21). Recent solo exhibitions include Nicola Vassell, New York, NY (2024); Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2023, 2019); Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy (2021); Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London (2021); and The Sacristy Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021). In 2025 the Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, acquired works by Mathenge. Further collections include Dallas Museum of Art, TX; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Muzeum Susch, Switzerland; Jorge M. Peréz Collection, Miami, FL; Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Kistefos Museum, Oslo, Norway; Elie Khouri Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE; and Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.