Sculptor · Kenyan · Nairobi

Grace Wekesa

b. 1974

Wekesa models heads in clay and casts them in bronze in small editions, finished with brown and green patinas that she builds up over weeks. The faces are elongated and calm, with closed eyes, as if listening or asleep. Her Listener series, begun in 2014, is her best known, and the heads are rarely offered for sale.

On sale now

In current sales

Head of a Listener, 2015. Bronze with brown patina, on a hardwood base.
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Grace Wekesa (b. 1974)

Head of a Listener, 2015

Bronze with brown patina, on a hardwood base · 48 × 22 × 26 cm

Estimate KES 1,500,000–2,200,000

Opening bid KES 750,000

Results

Sold at Umber

Head of a Sleeper, 2012. Bronze with green-brown patina.
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Grace Wekesa (b. 1974)

Head of a Sleeper, 2012

Bronze with green-brown patina · 30 × 44 × 24 cm

Estimate KES 1,200,000–1,800,000

Sold KES 1,650,000
Listener II, 2018. Bronze with brown patina.
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Grace Wekesa (b. 1974)

Listener II, 2018

Bronze with brown patina · 52 × 24 × 27 cm

Estimate KES 1,400,000–2,000,000

Sold KES 1,500,000