Kimathi Donkor Artworks

Selected work 2002–2021

EPISODE SEVEN

2020, acrylic on linen, 64 x 79 cm
IDYL OF OSUN, IFÉ AND SANGO

2019, acrylic on linen, 79 x 64 cm
HOLY FAMILY

2019, acrylic on canvas, 100 × 120 cm
LET US GO OVER

2017, oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 × 100 cm
CALL ME BLESSED

2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 × 100 cm
FOR MOSES HAD MARRIED AN ETHIOPIAN WOMAN—NUMBERS 12:1

(2015, oil & acrylic on canvas, 165 x 210 cm)
INSTALLATION VIEW OF THE ’DIASPORA PAVILLION: VENICE TO WOLVERHAMPTON’

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 10 Feb – 29 April, 2018
ST IPHIGENIA AND ST MATTHEW

(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 150 cm)
WHEN SHALL WE 3? SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NJINGA MBANDI

(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 150 cm — private collection)
YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME

(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm)

YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME

(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm — private collection)

INSTALLATION VIEW OF THE ’DIASPORA PAVILLION' EXHIBITION

10 May – 26 November, 2017 at Palazzo Pisani a Santa Marina, Venice

439 NEW CROSS ROAD [*video still]

(2015, 19:10mins, HD video)

PORTRAIT OF ANTÓNIO TAVARES

(2013, oil on canvas, 120 x 80cm, 2013 — private collection)

PORTRAIT OF FLÁVIA MANUELA SEBASTIÃO

(2013, oil on canvas, 120 x 80cm, 2013 — private collection)

NOTEBOOK IV

(2014, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper, 31 x 23 cm)

NOTEBOOK V

(2014, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper, 31 x 23 cm — private collection)

NOTEBOOK X

(2014, watercolour, ink and pencil on paper, 31 x 23 cm)

INSTALLATION VIEW OF ’NOTEBOOKS'

At the London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, 2019

LONDON VISITATION FROM NANNY OF THE MAROONS

(2013, oil on canvas, 170 x 140cm)

OSHUN VISITS GABA AT TATE'S 'BIG HOUSE'

(2013, oil on canvas, 170 x 140cm — private collection)

HARRIET TUBMAN EN ROUTE TO CANADA

(2012, oil on canvas, 210 x 165cm — collection of CCH Pounder)

NANNY OF THE MAROONS' FIFTH ACT OF MERCY

(2012, oil on canvas, 210 x 165cm)

YAA ASANTEWAA INSPECTING THE DISPOSITIONS AT EJISU

(2012, oil on canvas, 210 x 165cm — Sindika Dokolo Collection)

YAA ASANTEWAA INSPECTING THE DISPOSITIONS AT EJISU

(2014, oil on canvas, 210 x 165cm — British Museum)

WHEN SHALL WE 3? SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NJINGA MBANDI

(2010, oils, wood, staples on linen, 105 x 160cm — private collection)

INSTALLATION VIEW OF THE ’KIMATHI DONKOR: QUEENS OF THE UNDEAD’ EXHIBITION

With InIVA at Rivington Place, London, 13th September – 24th November, 2012

DRAMA QUEEN: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NJINGA MBANDI

(2010, oil on linen, 160 x 100 cm)

KOMBI CONTIUA: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NJINGA MBANDI

(2010, oil on linen, 160 x 100 cm — Sindika Dokolo Collection)

THE RESCUE OF ANDROMEDA

(2011, oil on canvas, 120 x 90cm)

JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES BORNE ALOFT BY JOY GARDNER AND STEPHEN LAWRENCE

(2010, oil on linen, 190 x 160 cm)

THE LOS GÁZQUEZ PYRAMID

(land art, Almeria, Spain, 2010)

PYRAMID MEASURING [*performance photograph]

(2010, Los Gázquez, Spain)

THE FINAL PIN-UP [*performance photograph]

(2009, Tate Britain, London)

THE VENICE MECHANISM

(2015, oil and acrylic paints, wood, staples, canvas, 100 x 80 cm)

THE NKISI AURA

(2015, oils, acrylics, wood, staples & canvas, 50 x 60 cm)

THE BLACK PEARLS

(2008, mixed media, 120 x 150 cm)

ANALYSE

(2008, mixed media, 120 x 150 cm)

THE JESUS OF LUBECK

(2008, mixed media, 120 x 150 cm — private collection)

RESIST

(2008, mixed media, 120 x 100 cm)

WOR SHIP

(2008, mixed media, 120 cm x 150 cm)

UK DIASPORA

(2007, mixed media assemblage, 230 x 142 cm — International Slavery Museum)

ELIZABETH REX LIVES (UK DIASPORA)

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 70 x 52 cm — International Slavery Museum)

ARISE SIR JOHN

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 38 x 30 cm — International Slavery Museum)

CAPE COAST CASTLE DEEDS

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 36 x 48 cm — International Slavery Museum)

DRAKE-U-LIAR

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 57 x 45 cm — International Slavery Museum)

RAN AWAY BY GEORGE

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 48 x 36 cm — International Slavery Museum)

I GIVE YOU

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 40 x 28 cm — International Slavery Museum)

KARL AND ADAM'S BIG IDEAS

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 38 cm — International Slavery Museum)

SANDS I

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 19 x 23 cm — International Slavery Museum)

SANDS II

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 19 x 23 cm — International Slavery Museum)

SLAVING CELEBS

(2007, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 38 cm — International Slavery Museum)

INSTALLATION VIEW OF ’UK DIASPORA'

At the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool in 2017

LA NUEVA CUBA

(2008, oil paints, sugar and collage on canvas, 77 cm x 121 cm)

ON DUTY: THE DEATH OF KEITH BLAKELOCK

(2005, oil on canvas, 121 cm x 90 cm)

MADONNA METROPOLITAN: THE DEATH OF CYNTHIA JARRETT

(2005, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm — Wolverhampton Art Gallery)

UNDER FIRE: THE SHOOTING OF CHERRY GROCE

(2005, oil on linen, 121 x 182cm)

COLDHARBOUR LANE 1985

(2005, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm — private collection)

THE DREAMTIME OF DAVID'S SON

(2005, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm)

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST HELPING WITH ENQUIRIES: 1984

(2005, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm)

CHARLES AND SANITE BELAIR

(2002, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm — private collection)

BACCHUS & ARIADNE

(2004, oil on linen, 132 cm x 152 cm)

THE SMALL AXE

(2004, oil on linen, 70 x 100cm — private collection)

Jean Jacques and Marie Claire Dessalines

2004, Oil on linen 190cm x 143cm

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE AT BEDOURETE

(2004, oil on linen, 136 cm x 183cm)

INSTALLATION VIEW OF ’CARIBBEAN PASSION: HAITI 1804'

At the Bettie Morton Gallery, London, 4th–28th November, 2004.