Artist Julius Njau

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Julius Njau was born in 1961 in Marangu, Moshi in Tanzania. My website http://www.juliusnjau-artist.com/

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Julius Njau was born in 1961 in Marangu, Moshi in Tanzania. My website http://www.juliusnjau-artist.com/

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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 representaional, 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.

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1983 'Julius Njau One Man Show' Amos Anderson Gallery, 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' Gallery Tynset, of 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, Japan 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 Exhibition lnternationl 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 'Exhibition lnternationl 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 *Art collector