Osborne Macharia
Osborne Macharia is a self-taught Commercial Photographer and Visual Artist born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and currently living in Vancouver, Canada.
His style of photography falls within the genre of AfroFuturism, governed by 2 key elements of Cultural Identity and Fiction. Through storytelling and social inclusion, it creates a powerful platform to convey important messages on topics such as Equality, Inclusion, Representation, Gender Abuse, Ivory poaching, FGM
As a commercial photographer, Osborne has been privileged to work with some of the top local and international brands including Stephen Curry, Marvel’s Black Panther, Disney, Oprah Winfrey Network’s Queen Sugar, Absolut Vodka, Campari, Coca Cola, Guinness, Mercedes, MTV, VW, Samsung, Danone, Nestle, Cadburys, Forbes, Pepsi, just to name a few.
Some of his accomplishments include being the first Kenyan ever to be appointed as a jury member for the prestigious Cannes Lion Awards and One Club / ADC Awards both in 2018. A PhotoVogue (2019) Selected Artist, a speaker at the University of Michigan’s Penny Stamps Speaker Series (2018) and Design Indaba speaker (2017).
Osborne was also a finalist in the Hasselblad Masters 2016 competition. Osborne was also part of the team that won Kenya’s first-ever Cannes Lion in 2015. His work has been published on Lurzer’s Archive 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide 2015/16 and 2017/18.
• 17th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia: Venice, Italy / 2021
• AFRICA – In The Eye Of The Photographers: Voelklinger Huette, Germany / 2020
• PhotoVogue: Milano, Italy / 2019
• Fumes & Perfumes 6.0: Stuttgart, Germany / 2019
• N’golá Biennials Of Arts: CACAU Cultural Centre, São Tome & Principe / 2019
• Still Here Tomorrow: Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town / 2019
• Grey Is The New Pink: Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt / 2018
• Breda Photo: Breda, Netherlands / 2018
• IAF Basel: Basel, Switzerland / 2018
• Marvel Studios | 10 Years Of Of Heroes: Singapore / 2018
• Afrofuturism: Amsterdam, Netherlands / 2018
• Black To The Future | Reimagining Now: Dubai, UAE / 2018
• No Touch Am: Nairobi, Kenya / 2017
• Bamako Encounters: Bamako, Mali / 2017
• Lagos Foto Festival: Lagos, Nigeria / 2017
• pHest 17: Monopoli, Italy / 2017
• FOAM X: Foam Museum, Amsterdam / 2017
• Where Future Beats: Casello ovest di porta venezia, Milan / 2017
• STRATA: Malja Redbull centre, Kingdom Of Bahrain / 2016
• Continental Classicman: ACA Studios, Bahrain / 2016
