Almasi

Artist, teacher and businessperson; graduated from Westminster University, London with an MSc in Computer Animation, and studied Fine Art and teaching at Kenyatta University. She is skilled in 3D and 2D animation with specialisation in Maya and drawing. She teaches young animators at the Multimedia University in Kenya, and currently works in her studio near Ngong, on a 2D project that combines stopmotion, drawing and painting in experimental animation. She is the Chair of the Animation Artistes' Association in Kenya and Trustee at Nairobi Waldorf School. Mwara is responsible for character designs and textures, lighting and compositing. Her career in Nairobi included 7 years as editorial cartoonist and caricaturist on the Eastafrican newspaper and contracting for UNICEF on the graphic design team creating the books for a new educational system in Somalia. Her business experience includes running a shop at Kenyatta University, and 3 years running a small handicrafts business with a team that produced, marketed and sold fashion jewellery in Nairobi and abroad.