Английская Википедия:Bernard Akoi-Jackson

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Bernard Akoi–Jackson (born 1979), is a Ghanaian academic, artist and writer. He is known for projects that are in continual metamorphosis. His art works are mostly performative, or pseudo-rituals.[1] His writings are focused on the development of contemporary African,[2] Ghanaian visual arts and culture in poetic and jovial manner.[3] He is known as a proverbial jester (or Esu)[2] using critical absurdity to move between installations, dance and poetry, video, and photography.[4] He blends post-colonial African identities through transient and makeshift memorials.[5][6]

Early life and education

Akoi-Jackson attended Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, for his secondary school education. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts and PhD in Painting and Sculpture from the College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[1]

Career

In August 2006, he had his first residency at Kofi Setordj's ArtHAUS where he developed his project '' REDTAPEONBOTTLENECK '' as a participatory performance. He had residencies with Stedelijk Museum[7] as "Global-artist-in-residency[3] between 2013 and 2014 and at the Thiami Mnyele artists' residency in Amsterdam. He is a lecturer at the College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Exhibitions

  • Material Effects: Contemporary Art from West Africa and the diaspora at Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
  • Spaghetti Harvest, Project 88 Mumbai, India[8]
  • Lilith Performance studio Malmo, Sweden[9]
  • SCCA – the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art, Tamale (Ghana)[10]
  • SaNsA in Accra (2007)
  • SaNsA in Kumasi (2009)
  • Xerem International Artists’ Residency Home & Abroad in Portugal (2010)
  • Moderator of Architecture of Independence in Kumasi (2018)[11]

See also

References

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External links

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