Chemu Ng'ok's new exhibition reflects on ancestors, identity and future generations [Courtesy]
Kenyan artist Chemu Ng’ok’s exhibition titled Those We Remember or Are Yet to Meet examines themes of memory, ancestry, communication, and the invisible connections between generations.
The solo exhibition, running from July 25 to September 19, 2026, at Goodman Gallery Cape Town, features nine paintings recently completed in Ng’ok’s Nairobi studio.
The works are six large-scale acrylic and oil paintings on canvas, among them a diptych measuring more than three metres in length, as well as two gestural abstractions that explore the style of work presented in her 2023 London debut solo exhibition, The Longing.
Ng’ok says the title was inspired by ideas she encountered while studying African traditional religion in school. She chose it to represent what she says is the full cycle of life: the living, the living dead, ancestors and the unborn.
