Chemu

Ng'ok

Chemu Ng’ok (b. 1989, Nairobi, Kenya) uses painting and drawing to explore the sociopolitical, physical and psychological aspects of human relationships.

Recent solo shows include Solo Exhibitions 'Those we remember or are yet to meet' (2026), Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 'Echoes' (2024), Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Waldmannstrasse, Zürich, Switzerland, 'To Witness' (2024), CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 'The Longing' (2023) at Goodman Gallery in London, 'An impression that may possibly last forever' (2023) at ICA Milano, 'Still Waters Run' (2022) at Matthew Brown Gallery in Los Angeles and 'An Enigma' (2021) at CENTRAL FINE in Miami Beach.

Recent group presentations include 'Leaving the Island' with Sofia Mitsola (2025), HiFLOW, Geneva, Switzerland, 'When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting' (2024), Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart, Basel, Switzerland, '60 Years: the NCAI Collection' (2024), Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, 'Translations: Afro-Asian Poetics' (2024), The Institutum, Singapore, 'Group Show' (2023), Galerie Eva Presenhuber x Taxa, Seoul, South Korea Representation, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich and Vienna (2024), in collaboration with CENTRAL FINE, Miami Beach, and Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 'The ‘t’ is Silent' (2022) at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle, Belgium; 'Central Sounds' (2022) at Luhring Augustine in New York; 'Fire Figure Fantasy' (2022) at the ICA Miami; 'There is Always One Direction' (2021-2022) at The de la Cruz Collection in Miami; 'Aletheia' (2021) at CENTRAL FINE in Miami and 'Songs for Sabotage' (2018) at the New Museum Triennial in New York.

She received her MFA from Rhodes University, Grahamstown in 2017 and was the recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s Visual and Performing Arts of Africa Masters Bursary in 2016.