David Thuku was born in 1985 in Nakuru, Kenya. He was a recipient of the Langalanga Scholarship Fund and a graduate from the BuruBuru Institute of Fine Arts in Nairobi. Thuku has exhibited extensively in Nairobi, as well as internationally, including at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Young International Art Fair, Drawing Now Paris, and Also Known As Africa Art Fair (AKAA).