mixed media, 54x45cm
ARTIST BIO: Harrison Karanja Kiuru, born 1985, Limuru, Kenya, lives and works in Kikuyu, Kenya. Known professionally as Scopt, he is a contemporary Kenyan artist whose practice emerged from Nairobi’s graffiti culture into a distinctive studio practice. At the core of his work is Scoptism a personal philosophy of creative openness derived from the phrase “Scope Options.” Working with acrylics, spray paint, charcoal, pastels, and textural overlays, his compositions shift between figuration and abstraction. Scopt’s art explores themes of memory, identity, technology, social commentary, politics and cultural narratives, evoking the fluid nature of perception and human expression. He began his journey in 2007 as part of the British Council sponsored WAPI shows, working alongside graffiti pioneers Swift9, Smokilla, Bankslave… His practice remains charged with this street-art energy. Since his public debut in 2022, he has exhibited widely across Nairobi in solo and group shows.