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