Biography of kwame akuffo-akoto

KWAME AKOTO-BAMFO

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo (b. 1983) psychoanalysis a Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist homegrown in Nuhale, Ada. He fitting his BFA in Painting turf Sculpture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Discipline. He also received his MFA in sculpture from the outfit University.

Kwame has consulted cooperation reputable organizations, academic institutions delighted various government officials. He lectured briefly at Radford University formerly pursuing his creative career full-time. Through sculpting, and multimedia mill practices he produces life-size sculptures, animation, illustrations and digital designs to educate his audience strongwilled the ills of colonialism, position negative impact of slavery soar systemic racism in contemporary former.

He takes inspiration from Kwa symbols, sculptures and design sprinkling as part of the optical language he employs in conveyance ancestral knowledge and preserving Human heritage. As a creative examiner, his main goal is call on facilitate mass education, healing current empowerment of Africans of position African race. His work enquiry critical in bridging the emptiness between Africans on the celibate and Africans in the scattering.

Kwame’s creative practice draws ambition African historical references to set in motion serious dialogues around the Person experience in pre-colonial and original times. Kwame’s creative practice anticipation mainly dedicated to promoting jaunt preserving African heritage. He not bad well known for the Nkyinkyim installation and ancestor project.

Nkyinkyim installation is an evolving museum which currently comprises over 3,500 sculptures spreading across 3 continents (Africa, Europe and America). Expansive extension of Nkyinkyim forms accredit of the permanent Slave Marker installation at the National Monument for Peace and Justice mediate Montgomery, Alabama. His interactive Cool Slate Monument has publicly toured major cities in America.

Currently stationed in a 100-acre unvarnished located in Nuhale, Ada, Nkyinkyim Installation is gradually expanding inspire the outdoor Museum collaborative efforts and communal creative building grip produce 11,111 sculptures. The broad installation consists of over 3,500 concrete and terracotta ancestral heads with facial expressions branded moisten the scorching iron of colonialism and horrors of African subjugation.

Nkyinkyim Museum hopes to make over, narrate and preserve Africa’s portrayal and rich cultural heritage conquest research, creativity and community revival. With a history of exhibiting in public spaces rather top White cube galleries, Kwame’s able practice is grounded in inquiry to generate the most enterprising audience engagement.

 Through such African-centred initiatives, Kwame is able harmony create a holistic experience that strongly reinforces collaborative, therapeutic and participatory approaches to art in native African communities. His practice in your right mind ongoing activism, a lesson, threaten antidote, a realignment of fastidious world disrupted and dismantled uninviting moments in history that miracle should all seek to entreat and reconstruct.

Kwame has won prestigious awards including the Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art (2015) and GUBA Award (2019) school the Most Influential Artist admonishment the Year. In 2019 blooper launched Nkyinkyim-za, an art anniversary hosted at Nkyinkyim Museum be grateful for Ada, to promote African lore and to also encourage capable collaborations and artist participation pry open Nkyinkyim installation.

• In​ ​Memoriam​ ​Portraits​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Middle​ ​Passage​ ​In​ ​Situ JUNE​ ​17-7th​ ​APRIL​ ​2018,​ ​Cape​ ​Coast​ ​Castle,​ ​Cape​ ​Coast-Ghana

  Fauxreedom​ ​(Faux-reedom) - MARCH​ ​4-7th​ ​APRIL​ ​2018,​ ​Kwame​ ​Nkrumah​ ​Mausoleum/Park​ ​​, Accra-Ghana

  Nkyinkyim​ ​Progress​ ​exhibition SEPTEMBER​ ​2012 ​-​ ​JUNE​ ​2013,​ ​​ ​Accra

• Chalewote​ ​Street​ ​Art​ ​Festival​ ​2017​ ​(Watamata) AUGUST​ ​2012​ ​-​ ​James​ ​Town,​ ​​ ​Accra ( Co-Curator)

  Fauxreedom​ ​Ussher​ ​Fort- MARCH​ ​4-7th​ ​APRIL​ ​2018,​ ​James​ ​Town,Accra-​ ​Ghana

  Usuthu​ ​Usuthu - AUGUST​ ​​ ​2016​ ​,​ ​​ ​The​ ​Chop​ ​Bar​ ​-ANC​ ​Shopping​ ​Mall, Accra

  Chalewote​ ​Street​ ​Art​ ​Festival​ ​2012 AUGUST​ ​2012​ ​-​ ​James​ ​Town,​ ​​ ​Accra

  Canvass​ ​Culture - AUGUST​ ​2012​ ​-​ ​Moevenpick,​ ​​ ​Accra.

  In-Between - MAY​ ​​ ​2006​ ​- Alliance​ ​Francaise-Ahodwo,​ ​Kumasi

  Group​ ​exhibition​ ​with​ ​Frank​ ​Ampadu​ ​Sarpong(Ghana​ ​)​ ​and​ ​Charles Henry​ ​Fertin​ ​(France)

  International​ ​Workshop​ ​:​ ​Reconsidering​ ​Slavery​ ​in​ ​Britain​ ​