Kamal Shah

Kamal Shah (b.1953) is a Kenyan artist and a master of mixed media. He holds a B.A. [Hons] degree in English Literature and Fine Arts and a Postgraduate Diploma in Textile Design, both from the University of Leeds, U.K. In the early 1980's he ran the Rowland Ward Gallery in Nairobi and was a founding member and art-director of Kichaka, a multimedia workshop specialising in the printing of avant-garde African textiles. He now works as a full-time artist.