Wangari Mathenge (b. 1973, Nairobi, Kenya) lives and works between the UK, 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. 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). Solo exhibitions include Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York, NY (2026); Nicola Vassell, New York, NY (2024); Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London (2023; 2021); Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2023, 2019); Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy (2021); and The Sacristy Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021).
Her collections include Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN; Detroit Institute of Arts, MI; 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.