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Photographer

Jean-Baptiste Nkurunziza

Documenting Francophone communities across East Africa through portraiture and landscape, currently exhibiting Migration & Memory at our Nairobi Centre.

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About the Artist

Two years documenting migration and memory

Jean-Baptiste Nkurunziza spent two years photographing Francophone communities across East Africa, from Nairobi's long-settled Congolese and Burundian neighbourhoods to more recent arrivals still finding their footing. His work pairs portraiture with landscape, tracing how migration reshapes both people and the places they settle.

His current exhibition, Migration & Memory, is on view at our Nairobi Centre through the end of July. He also leads occasional portfolio-review sessions for members interested in documentary photography — ask at the gallery desk for upcoming dates.

Portfolio

Selected work

Blurred portrait of a man walking through a mountainous landscape Black and white portrait of a man on a stairway Portrait of a young man in an urban setting Long-exposure portrait with a ghostly, layered effect
At a Glance

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Discipline

Documentary photography — portraiture and landscape.

Based In

Nairobi, Kenya, with recent work across the wider East African region.

Currently Showing

Migration & Memory, Main Gallery, through 31 July 2026.

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More ways to get involved

Gallery Open Day: Migration & Memory

Walk through the full exhibition and meet Jean-Baptiste in person.

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