UK-based contemporary artist Kimathi Donkor got his BA in Fine Art at London's Goldsmith's College in 1987, where he also attained a Post-Grad Cert Ed in 1992.

Early group exhibitions included artists such as Keith Piper, George 'Fowokan' Kelly, Chila Burman and Donald Rodney. In 2004, 'Caribbean Passion: Haiti 1804', his first solo show for more than a decade, was held to observe the bicentenary of Haiti's independence.

Then, in 2005, another series of large-scale oil paintings: 'Fall Uprising' marked the 20th anniversary of the 1985 urban conflicts in London. The exhibition sparked controversy when Metropolitan police officers tried to have some of the paintings banned from the Bettie Morton Gallery in Brixton.

2008 saw the artist curate 'Hawkins & Co', an exhibition of more than 70 art works by 15 artists, at the Contemporary Urban Centre in Liverpool. He also opened his first exhibition outside England, bringing paintings created on the reverse of mass-produced canvases to Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Art by Kimathi Donkor is held in public and private collections, and has appeared in many publications - from 'Time Out' to 'Black Heritage Today'. He has given artist talks at venues including the National Maritime Museum, and also works with schools and education projects.

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