Florin Iki Mmaka

Nostalgia is our way to connect with the past, known and unknown and also shape our own place in the future. In my artworks are represented a series of imaginary landscapes inhabited by human-like creatures. The landscapes want to be a kind of reflection of the internal state of each one of the figures: a state that includes nostalgia, which is a place where we can imagine a fluid existence that encompasses all of who we are beyond and across time and space.

Title: Even after the quarantine I won’t be able to see you, 2020
Media: Mixed media collage on cotton watercolor paper
Size: 76 x 56 cm
Title: So I became water, stars and my own nightmare, 2020
Media: Mixed media collage on watercolor paper
Size: 109.5 x 75 cm
Title: Like the ocean floor, that will remain unknown, 2020
Media: Mixed media collage on cotton watercolor paper
Size: 56 x 76 cm

Florin Iki Mmaka is a Kenyan/Italian visual artist based in Nairobi. Born in a family of artists and having lived among different cultures, she was exposed to various art disciplines since a young age. Her practice consists of developing artwork around the themes of identity, youth, women, emotions and feelings. She produces her work in a variety of media including painting, drawing, collage and installation work. She has exhibited in various group shows in Kenya.