He has exhibited at the Tate Modern, Kadist (Paris) and the Kampala Art Biennale among others as well as holding lectures at the Tate Britain and Yale University.
He is a lecturer in MA Contemporary Photography at Central Saint Martins and BA Fine Art Photography at Camberwell College of Art
He is the founder of Diaspora Drama a three-part publication exploring philosophical themes of the internet and technology.
His writing has appeared in publications including Dazed Magazine, Garage and New York Magazine.
Education
2017 – Central Saint Martins, MA
2015 – University of Kent, BA Digital Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – African Bone-breakers..., Distant Gallery, The Netherlands
2018 – Coding : Braiding : Transmission, AfroTech Festival, London, UK
2015 – Skype Fashion Week, Meta Gallery Miami, USA
Group Exhibitions
2022 – Vertical Atlas, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2021 – Pieces of Me, Transfer Gallery & left.gallery
2021 – Rainbows End, Creative Coding Utrecht
2020 – Power Play, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
2020 – Power Play, arebyte Gallery, London, UK
2019 – Africas in Production, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018 – Anni Albers, Tate Modern, London, UK
2018 – Muscular Notions, Cob Gallery, London, UK
2018 – This is Utopia, to Some, Kadist Gallery, Paris, France
2017 – Transmissions, Protein Studios, London
2017 – Potentially "Flawless," House of Vans, Toronto, Canada
2017 – F/G Inclusive, Cosmos Carl, New York, USA
2016 – Gestures, Kampala Biennale, Makerere University Gallery, Uganda
2016 – Mighty Morphers, Gentle Dust, Jupiter Woods Gallery, London, UK
2016 – African Melodrama, Submerging, Cooper Gallery Manhattan, USA
2016 – Weaponise the Internet, Futures Exhibition, TATE Modern, UK
2016 – Boys Clothes, Tensquared Gallery Online Gallery, tensquared.gallery
2016 – Boys Clothes, Superchief Gallery, New York, USA
2015 – Skype Fashion Week, The Lowennial, The Low Museum, Atlanta, USA
2015 – Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Meta Gallery Miami, USA
Lectures / Talks / Panels
2022 – Pikselfest, Bergen, Norway
2022 – Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
2020 – Yale University, United States
2019 – Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
2019 – Somerset House, London
2017 – TATE Britain, London
2017 – TATE Modern, London
2017 – TATE Modern, London
2017 – BOZAR, Brussels
2016 – Uganda National Museum, Kampala
2016 – Alliance Française, Kampala
2016 – Buster Mantis London
2016 – Chelsea College of Art, London
2016 – Buster Mantis, London
2016 – UAL: London College of Communication, London
2015 – Frieze, London
2015 – Atlanta Zine Fair, Atlanta
Selected Press
Bloomberg – Interview: “Art + Technology: Systems”
The Guardian – Feature: “Pics or It Didn't Happen: Reclaiming Instagram's Censored art”
BuzzFeed – Interview: "This Super Viral Photo Of A Muslim Woman...”
Walker Art Magazine – Interview: “Towards a New Digital Landscape”
De:Formal – Interview
Creative Review – Interview: ““How Censorship Can Impact Creative Work”
Art Africa Magazine – Interview: “Artist In Residence”
The Fader – Interview: “5 Artists Explain How Digital Art Can Make The Real World Better”
Vice - Interview: "Visual Artist Isaac Kariuki on Identity"
Dazed - Interview: "how a new wave of poc artists is challenging britishness"
Contemporary & - Interview: "It's a Complicated Relationship"
Residencies
2020 – Somerset House Exchange
2016 – Kampala Art Biennale