JULIUS

About Artist:

Julius Njau was born in 1961 in Marangu, Moshi in Tanzania. He attended the Kilimanjaro Primary School and the Moshi Technical Secondary School where he graduated. His career as an artist started when he began to paint while he had to spend two years in hospital after he broke his leg badly in 1972. There he was treated by a Finnish X-ray specialist who was the first to encourage his art, buying materials for him, and works from him. She organized his first exhibition in Finland in 1983. His early works were representational, working with the themes of his people's traditions and wildlife. 1984 saw a dramatic change in his technique and style as he shifted into the abstract. His paintings are constructed from the interplay of primary colors and the intermingling of obscured shapes. Julius Njau's vast work has been collected by the Prefecture of Osaka, and the Museum of Modern Art Toyama in Japan, the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, and Galerie ZAK (Zeitgenossische afrikanische Kunst), Furth in Germany, Amos Anderson Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, and 5th British Museum, England. In 2002, Julius Njau received the Nagoya Mayor's Prize and in 2003 he was awarded the Grand Prize in the Toyama Prefecture's International Competition for the "Sukiyaki Meets the World" Festival Poster Design. Julius Njau is a founding member and President of Marafiki - Friendship and Art.

1983 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland

1984 'Group Exhibition' Gallery of Denmark

1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Danish Volunteer Training Centre, Tanzania

1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Tynset, Norway

1985 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Gallery of Sweden

1986 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Danish Volunteer Training Centre, Tanzania

1987 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1988 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Vogue Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya

1988 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Centre culturel francais, Nairobi, Kenya

1989 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

1990 'Into the Nineties' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1990 'Portraits of Kenya' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1991 'Gallery Artists' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1991 'The Custodian's View' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nairobi Safari Club, Kenya

1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nagoya City Network Centre, Nagoya, Japan

1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

1991 'Julius Njau One Man Show' The German Culture Centers, Goethe Institut, Nairobi, Kenya

1992 'Julius Njau One Man Show' International Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1992 'Through the Artists' Eyes' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1992 'Rafiki wa zamani' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1992 'Kenya Art Panorama' Centre culturel francaise, Nairobi, Kenya

1993 'Jan.-Feb. Exhibition' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1993 'End of the Year' Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1996 'Group Exhibition' Osaka Triennale, Osaka, Japan

1996 'Julius Njau One Man Show' National Museum of Kenya, Gallery Watatu, Nairobi, Kenya

1996 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Bokushin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1996 'Foreign Artists' Exhibition '96' Nagoya International Center, Nagoya, Japan

1996/7 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Nara, Japan

1997/8 'Group Exhibition' Osaka Triennale, Osaka, Japan

1998 'Group Exhibition' Doyusya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1998 'Group Exhibition' Osaka MunicipalMuseum of Art, Japan

1998 'Group Exhibition' Hokutopia, Japan

1998 'Group Exhibition' Niigata Prefectural Civic Center, Japan

1998 'Group Exhibition' Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, J apan

1998 'Group Exhibition' Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

1999 'Julius Njau One Man Show-The Wings of Kilimanjaro- Gallery Haku, Osaka, Japan

1999 'Group Exhibition' Gallery Zak, Germany

1999 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Der Drechtston Salon, Holland

2000 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -Vereniging voor- Beeldende Kunstenaars, Dordrecht, Galerie Dordt/VBKD, Holland

2001 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -The Wings of Kilimanjaro- Osaka Prefectural Museum of Art Osaka, Japan

2001 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -The Wings of Kilimanjaro- Gallery Mai, Tokyo, Japan

2002 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Osaka Prefecture Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

2002 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -Beat of African Earth- Gallery Milieu, Tokyo, Japan

2002 'Tachikawa International Art Festival' Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan

2002 'Group Exhibition' -Foreign Artists Exhibition- Nagoya International Center, Nagoya, Japan

2002 'Group Exhibition' Nagoya International Center, Nagoya, Japan

2002 'Received the Nagoya Mayor's Prize' Nagoya, Japan

2003 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Osaka Prefecture Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

2003 'Group Exhibition' Nagoya Internationl Center Nagoya, Japan 2003 'Julius Njau One Man Show'-Sukiyaki Meets The World- The Wings of Kilimanjaro 2003" at Art Gallery Kichi-ya in Fukuno-cho, Toyama, Japan

2003 'International Poster Triennial In Toyama' The Museum Of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan

2003 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -Varjo- Galleria Hyvarisella, Finland

2004 'Group Exhibition' Gallery Jin Nagoya, Japan

2004 'Group Exhibition' Gallery Haku Osaka, Japan

2004 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -Vereniging voor- Beeldende Kunstenaars, Dordrecht, Holland

2004 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -Varjo- Galleria Hyvarisella, Finland

2004 'Julius Njau One Man' Show Osaka Prefecture Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

2005 'Group Exhibition' Nagoya Internationl Center Nagoya, Japan

2006 'Julius Njau One Man Show' -Varjo- Galleria Hyvarisella, Finland

2006 'Group Exhibition' Setsuyosha Art Gallery, Niigata, Japan

2006 'Group Exhibition' Gallery Jin, Nagoya, Japan

2006 'The 7th Itami Size-0 Prize Exhibition', Itami City Art Gallery, Hyogo, Japan

2006 'The 13th Public Subscription Exhibition', Woodcarving Folk Art in Oya - The Figure of Life in Hometown Hyogo, Japan

2006 'Group Exhibition' Nagoya International Center, Nagoya, Japan

2006 'The 18th Shinwa Art Exhibition' Tsuyama City Culture Exhibition Hall, Okayama, Japan

2007 'Group Exhibition' Matsuzakaya Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

2008 'Group Exhibition' Fukuoka - Museum of Art, Japan?

2008 'Group Exhibition' Museum of Art, Toyota City, Japan?

2008 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Museum LaiLai, Spain

2008 'Group Exhibition' Setsuryosya-Museum of Art, Niigata, Japan

2009 'Transnational Art 2009, Contemporary Art Exhibition' Osaka Prefecture Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

2009 'Group Exhibition' Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan

2009 'Duo Exhibition'-The Wings of Kilimanjaro- Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan

2009 'Group Exhibition'-friendship- SOHO art gallery, Osaka, Japan

2009 'Duo Exhibition'-The Wings of Kilimanjaro- Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

2009 'International Poster Triennial In Toyama' The Museum Of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan

2009 2F Exhibition Hall, Niikawa Mirage Hall, Toyama-ken, Japan

2009 1F Communication space A, WING WING TAKAOKA, Toyama-ken, Japan

2009 'Duo Biennale Exhibition JAA GALLERY (Ginza, Tokyo) Japan?

2010 'Duo Hino Traveling Exhibition Hino Civic Hall (Hino city, Tokyo) Japan?

2010 'Duo Tsuru Traveling Exhibition Tsuru Lyceum (Tsuru city, Yamanashi) Japan?

2010 'Duo Kikukawa Traveling Exhibition Kikukawa City Central Public Hall (Kikukawa city, Shizuoka) Japan?

2011 'Duo Exhibition "Black & white" Higashi Nagoya National Hospital, Japan

2011/2012 Group Exhibition, Norbertellen Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A

2011 'Duo Gallery Ginza, chuo-ku, Tokyo Japan?

2013 'Group Exhibition, Norbertellen Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A

2014 ' Julius Njau Group Transnational Art Exhibition, Museum, Osaka, Japan?

2015 'Aichi Art Bruit Exhibition Aichi prefectural museum of art, Nagoya Japan

2015' Spectrum Miami 2015 Art BaseI Week U.S.A

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