About
I’m Ngima Thogo, a digital artist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Mask Studies is my ongoing body of work, exploring identity and transformation through African masks and headdresses.
I began working with African masks in 2018 while freelancing as an event photographer. What started as an obsession gradually became the focus of my practice.
Masks taught me that meaning doesn't need a face. They speak through form, gesture, shape, and symbolism. By removing facial features, I shift attention to posture, silhouette, tension, and the relationships between forms, leaving room for the viewer to construct their own reading.
My process involves breaking images apart and rebuilding them through digital manipulation, distortion, color, and abstraction. Projects such as Kpeliye'e, rooted in Senufo mask traditions, and Chromatic Dilemma, which emerged from a period of fragmentation and uncertainty, have shaped this approach.
Today, Mask Studies continues to evolve as I reinterpret traditional African forms into contemporary digital artwork for collectors and design spaces.
My work has been featured by Okayafrica and commissioned by Adobe Photoshop.