Artist of the month

Muthoni Nderitu organises art workshops with children

Muthoni Nderitu (“Blu”) is a self-taught Kenyan contemporary artist with a background in counselling psychology. Two of her artworks are featured in the D+C March issue.

by D+C / E+Z

17.03.2026

Muthoni Nderitu

Muthoni Nderitu (“Blu”) is a contemporary artist.

Each month, we introduce the artist whose work is featured on the cover and at the beginning of the focus section of our monthly edition.

Muthoni Nderitu (“Blu”) is a self-taught Kenyan contemporary artist whose practice moves between symbolic, psychological and mixed-media expression, extending into poetry and multidisciplinary forms. Her work is rooted in the understanding that inner transformation shapes outer reality. Through symbolism, fragments of text and layered compositions, Blu explores memory as both source and language: a personal and emotional thread that connects the inner world to the wider human experience.

Illustration: Blue silhouettes hold hands on a hill of patterned stones, with a column of hieroglyph-like symbols on the left and pale clouds drifting beneath a large sun above.

Bild: Muthoni Nderitu

Illustration featured on the title of the D+C March issue on humanitarian aid.

Working across acrylic, collage, ink and mixed media, Blu uses material layering as a metaphor for consciousness and lived experience. Alongside her studio practice, she has facilitated art workshops with children and art therapy sessions informed by her background in counselling psychology.