Magdalene odundo biography channel

Kenyan-born British studio potter (born 1950)

Dame Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya OdundoDBE (born 1950) is a Kenyan-born Britishstudio potter, who now lives in Farnham, Surrey.^[1] Her work is in the collections of notable museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Museum of African Art.^[2][3][4][5]

She has been Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts since 2018.^[6]

Early life and education

Magdalene Odundo was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and received her early education in both India and Kenya.

She attended the Kabete National Polytechnic in Kenya to study Graphics and Commercial Art and later moved to England in 1971 to follow her chosen vocation in Graphic Design. After training in Farnham, Surrey,^[1] she completed her qualifications in foundation art and graphics at the Cambridge School of Art,^[7