マイケル・ソイ / Michael Soi

Born in 1972. He lives in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
His father is Kenyan painter Ancent Soi .
He studied art and art history at the Creative Arts Center.
He is not only in Kenya, but also in America, Europe, Russia, and Australia.
Have fans. He is a contemporary artist representing Africa.
June 2021 as ``8 contemporary African artists you should know about now''
He is selected by the fashion site Industrie Africa.
He loves Kenya so much that he always takes a calm look at society, looking for subjects, and daily depicts contemporary Kenya, including nightlife in Nairobi and social issues in Kenya. Michael Soy's style is to express society's surreal problems in a comical way using bright colors.
His works often depict social phenomena in series, and from 2017, he began creating works depicting large groups of people taking selfies.
Two of the photos from the ``Selfie'' series were purchased by Apple Inc. in the United States.
One of his many series of paintings depicting the relationship between China and Africa is ``China Loves Africa,'' a series of 100 paintings.
And what he most often paints on canvas are the fashionable African women he loves so much.
The women in his works are all lively, rhythmic, dynamic, and sexy, and their facial expressions captivate everyone.
Another notable work is bag-shaped art that is created one by one using acrylic paintings.
Soi says, ``My bag is not a bag, it's art.''
I want people to walk around with their pictures and enjoy them! And the painting flew off the campus! !