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Date of Birth: 18/09/1981
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Place of Birth: Ho, Volta, Ghana
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Nationality: Ghanaian
Education
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2015-2017 : MFA (AbD) -Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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2010-2014: BFA-(Painting)- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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2003-2006: Amedzofe E.P. Teacher Training College
Professions/Job
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2013-Present: Multidisciplinary Artist and Curator- crazinisT artisT studiO
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2018- Present: Director of PerfocraZe International Artist Residency
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2005-2010: Teaching- Ghana Education Service
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Upcoming Performances /Exhibitions/ Projects:
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https://www.crazinistartist.com/what-next/
CURATORIAL PRACTICE
2019
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“Pidgin Imaginarium”, Chale Wote Art Festival, Accra Ghana
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“ADeakyeabia” Group Exhibition for Artists in Residence, Alliance Francaise Accra, pIAR August 2019
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“Ignite” Group Exhibition for Artists in Residence, pIAR July, 2019
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“Tomorrow” Group Exhibition for Artists in Residence, Alliance Francaise Accra, pIAR June 2019
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‘noW or neveR’ Group Exhibition for Artists in Residence, pIAR May 2019
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‘Open House Performance’ Group Exhibition for Artists in Residence, pIAR April 2019
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‘so URgent 000’ Group Exhibition for Artists in Residence, pIAR Feb 2019
2018
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Prism of Freedom, The One Minute Film, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
EXHIBITIONS
2020
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Oga LANDLORD…, Intervention, Kumasi, Ghana
2019
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RItual reALITies, Slought, University of Pennsylvania, USA
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WouNded wouNds IV, Centro Niemeyer, Aviles Spain
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aʋa_Si_mi, Oviedo University, Spain
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dZikudZikui-aBiku-aBiikus III, Black Art Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Strikethrough III, Black Art Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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tO liVE, we dIED, Camargo Foundation, Cassis France
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Table of Negotiation collaboration with John Herman, Chale Wote, Accra
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Borderless Ocean, Collaboration with Gloria Godinez, Chale Wote, Accra
- Strikethrough, FIT Rio 2019, Rio Preto, Brazil
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agbanWu, FIT Rio 2019, Rio Preto, Brazil
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dZikudZikui-aBiku-aBiikus, FIT Rio 2019, Rio Preto, Brazil
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Open source Performance, interval 10_PAErche Essen, Germany
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DONOTSAVEME, interval 10_PAErche Essen, Germany
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Intimate death, HFBK, Hamburg, Germany
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Lamentation. Kumasi Ghana
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nkwabiaahia _allLIVESmatter, Kumasi, Ghana
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WouNded wouNds, online performance, Translucent, crazinisT artisT studiO,
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WouNded wouNds, White Out Project NRW-Forum Dusseldorf
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tranSFiguration, perfocraZe International Artists Residency
2018
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“Voyage” Mindelact Festival, Cape Verde
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Performance Project and workshop, Cologne, Germany (In progress)
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“The oatH_c” Geneva, Switzerland
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strikethrough, Slow Sunday, Steakhouse, London
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“ouTcasT” The Rising’ ]Performance Space[ Folkestone, UK
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“The oatH_b” Munich, Germany
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‘Untitled’ Berlin, Germany
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froZen series LagosPhotos Festival
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‘the oatH’ Performance Series New Oerlikon, Zurich,
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“agbaWnu” at Chalewote Art Festival Accra Gh.
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‘Lying awake’ Watermill Centre, New York, USA
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Passing Through-Act of Radical Empathy, Gallery 1957, Accra Ghana
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forgotten truth, participating in “Past Tells” a group show at Alliance Francaise Kumasi Ghana, curated by Michael Babanawo
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dZikudZikui-aBiku-aBikus, Oduom, Kumasi Ghana
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wouNded-wouNd, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
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How The Stars Were Made, Legon Botanical Garden, Accra, Ghana (A collaborative project (AfriQueer) with Drama for Life AFRICA Project from South Africa.)
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nativeimmiGrant III – efiewurasuame, ICAF2017 Iwaya, Lagos Nigeria
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inthemiddleofNowhere, Ruffi Haus Munich Germany
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The specter[less] specters - find the X, Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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nativeimmiGrant II, Villa Waldberta, Munich Germany
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iNisheahim, Villa Waldberta, Munich Germany
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stillDeath, Break Through #19 Munich Germany
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Bond[H2o], Duo performance by crazinisT artisT [Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi] & John Herman CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival 2017 'WATA MATA' James Fort Prison,
Accra, Ghana
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nativeimmiGrant, Performance at the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) 17th Triennial Symposium 2017
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illiGalbody II, Black Star International Art Festival, Accra
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nazaKU, Accra, (Orderly Disorderly, Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi)
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IlleGalbody, KNUST, Kumasi
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lettertotheChuRch I, KNUST Catholic Church, Kumasi
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lettertotheChuRch II, Roman Hill Catholic Church, Kumasi
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Rituals of Becoming, Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
2016
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rE·gen·er·at[e] Bone 19 Performance Art Festival, Bern
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chocolate kiss, Duo performance with Jazmin Taco, Schlachthaus, Bern Switzerland
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myBodyisaPrison... KNUST, Kumasi Ghana
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‘frozen’ Cornfields in Accra’, (Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi
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X in REd, ‘if you love me’... exhibition, Kumasi, Ghana
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‘eAt me...’, performance with voluntary participating Students from the Department of Painting and Sculpture, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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reThinking-naZa, collaborative performance with the Security Department of KNUST, Ghana
2015
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Triptych, collaborative performance with Natascia Siverio and Dean Hutton, Chale Wote Art festival, Jamestown, Ghana
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pieta- afriCan resurrect, collaborative performance with Natascia Siverio, Chale Wote Art festival, Jamestown, Ghana
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Broken Exile, Lome, Togo
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BookofLive -In the Absence of our Gods, (on-going project) Lome, Togo
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The Return of the Slaves, collaboration with volunteers, Elmina Castle, Ghana
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Voyage, the Gown must go to Town Exhibition organised by blaxTARLINES, Science and Technology Museum Accra, Ghana
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Stench of Silence, Silence between the Lines exhibition, Kumasi, Ghana, Eye Contemporary and blaxTARLINES
2014
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The Borders, collaboration with Natascia Silverio, Saint Joseph College, Lomé, Togo
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Gbugbordzi, Gbossimé (Goat market), Lomé, Togo
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reThinking-naZa, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana
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Life Sex-series, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Crucifix Crises, Lake Bosomtwe, Ghana
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The First Last Supper, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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That’s Why You are Mad, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Crucifix-series, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Still Birth African Gender, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Long Walk, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
2013
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CCC, Kumasi
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Kplamase series - Videos
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The Mask, Adum-Kejetia, Kumasi, Ghana
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Self-Portrait- Series
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FESTIVALS
2019
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Pidgin Imaginarium, Chale Wote Art Festival, Accra
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FIT Rio Brazil
2018
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Art, Soul and Affection, Mindelact, Cape Verde
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Slow Sunday, Steakhouse, London
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Performance Series New Oerlikon, Zurich
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Para-Other, Chalewote Art Festival
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Discover WaterMill Day, New York, USA
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Time Bomb, Watermill Centre, New York, USA
2017
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Bond HO2, Chale Wote Art Festival, Accra, Ghana Selected Exhibitions
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Orderly Disorderly, (nazaKU, 2014-2017, Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi)
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Rituals of Becoming, (Solo show, Gallery 1957, Ghana)
2016
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Bone 19, (performance art Festival, Bern, Switzerland)
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‘Cornfields in Accra’, (frozen, 2016 Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi
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‘if you love me ...’ exhibition, (x in REd, 2016), Locomotive shed, Kumasi, Ghana.
2015
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Chalewote Art Festival, African Electronics, Jamestown, Accra, Ghana
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TERRITOIRE DE CRÉATION 5ieme édition, Residency in Lome, Togo
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Protest, Hazard Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The return of the Slaves, Elmina Castle, Ghana
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The Gown must go to Town, Science and Technology Museum, Accra, Ghana by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi
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Silence between the Lines, PML, Kumasi Ghana by blaxTARLINES and EYE Contemporary
2014
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Chalewote Art Festival, voluntary participant in Street Performance with Kwame Write, James Town, Accra, Ghana
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KNUST End of Year Show, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
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KNUST Final Year Exhibition, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture Kumasi, Ghana
Residencies and workshops
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2019 Camargo Foundation, Visa of Creation Residency Cassis France.
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2019 (June) Facilitator, "Anyienenye..." Performance Art workshop Figurentheater-Kolleg, Bochum, Germany
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2019 (June) VR Workshop, the Alliance Francaise Accra
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2019 (May) Body noise, crazinisT artisT studiO, Kumasi
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2018 (October)-The Rising ]Performance Space[ Folkestone UK
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2018 (July-August)- Watermills Summer Program, New York, USA
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2017 (October-December)- Beyond Rituals, Villa Walberta, Munich, Germany
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2015 (July-August)- TERRITOIRE DE CRÉATION 5ieme édition, Residency in Lome, Togo
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2014 - Inkfluent’s Chalewote (Because the Ancestors Live), Poetry Workshop, Accra, Ghana
Grants/Sponsorship
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2019: Institut Francais, Camargo Foundation, France
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2018: Art Moves Africa, Travel Grant, Mindelact, Cape Verde
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2018: Prince Claus Fund, for Participating in Lost & Found performance Event, Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
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2017: Goethe Institute Travel Fund: to attend a five-week Artist Residency, Munich, Germany
We no longer need school, we need education!
cTcT 2015