self taught artist, Shine Tani was born in 1967 in Ngecha Location in Kiambu district. He joined Rironi primary school later in 1977 and did the certificate of primary examination in 1983. In his school life he acted as a teacher he gave instruction to the pupils who had art interest in the class. Art was not taught in school but at home his elder brothers did a lot of drawings and they influenced him much. His parent were poor that they could not afford to educate him farther. He chose to seek for ways of survival, he joined an acrobatic group in the village. It was not easy with the group since he earned very little so at that time he decided to go in the street to fight for life.
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