Owusu-Ankomah
"Nothing...
Belongs to me
Not...
Even my Body...
I Am..."
Owusu-Ankomah 2006Â
Owusu-Ankomah was born in Secondi, Ghana in 1956. He Studied under F.H. Savage at the College of Art (Ghanatta) in Accra, Ghana from 1971 to 1974. From 1979 through 1985, he traveled throughout Europe and came into contact with European artists. His work has been widely exhibited in, among other places, the UK, the US, France, Belgium, Senegal, Japan, South Africa and Germany. In 2006, Owusu-Ankomah was invited to participate in the World Cup FIFA Art Edition Project. He also collaborated with designer Giorgio Armani to develop a line of clothing for the Red Campaign, raising funds to help fight AIDS in Africa. He lives and works in Bremen, Germany.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
YMCA-Hall, Accra, Ghana | 1986 | |
Villa Ichon, Bremen, Germany |
1987 | |
Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany | 1988 | |
Galerie la trastienda del arte, Madrid, Spain |
1992 | |
Savannah Gallery, London, GB |
1993 | |
Hochschule St. Gallen, Switzerland |
1995 | |
Galerie Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland | 1998 | |
Skoto Gallery, New York, USA |
1999 | |
Artificio, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain |
2003 | |
Galerie Walu, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland | 2004 | |
Heroes, Sages and Saints, Ghana National Museum, Accra | 2004 | |
FUTURE TRACK, ARTCO Galerie, Herzogenrath, Germany | 2006 | |
FUTURE TRACK, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA |
2007 | |
BODY & SOUL, Nomad Gallery, Brussels, Belgium | 2008 |
Group
Group Show of Ghanian Painters, Oakland, USA | 1981 | |
Artists for Human Rights, Ăśberseemuseum, Bremen, Germany | 1985 | |
Bremer Förderpreis-Ausstellung für Bildende Kunst, Weserburg Bremen, Germany | 1988 | |
The Right To Hope, Johannesburg, South-Africa | 1995 | |
Absolute Ghana, Accra Contemporary Art ACA, Accra, Ghana | 1995 | |
African Art of our Time, Tokyo, Japan | 1996 | |
Biennale Dakar, Senegal | 1997 | |
Africana, Sala 1, Rome, Italy | 1997 | |
Biennale Havanna, Cuba | 1998 | |
Polarisation, Dokoupil/Dahn/Owusu-Ankomah, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany | 1999 | |
Aids Worlds, Les Mondes du Sida, Geneva, Zug, Bellinzona, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland | 2000 | |
Five Continents One City, International Salon of Painting, Museum of Mexico City |
2000 | |
Transavantgardia, October Gallery, London, GB | 2003 | |
Kunstkoffer, Dialog der Kulturen, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany | 2003 | |
Transafricana, Bologna, Italy | 2003 | |
Ghana Yesterday and Today, Musée Dapper, Paris, France | 2005 | |
Espacios Mesticos II, International Contemporary Art Meeting, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | 2005 | |
Journeys and Destinations, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA | 2005 | |
Africa Remix, Hayward Galley, London, GB | 2006 | |
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan | 2006 | |
Africa Remix, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Biennale Dakar, Senegal |
2006 | |
LEND ME YOUR EAR, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany | 2006 | |
RELATIVE DISTANCE, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South-Africa | 2007 | |
SALON D'ART CONTEMPORAIN AFRICAIN DE BRUXELLES, Belgium | 2007 | |
AFRICA SELECT, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany | 2007 | |
FROM COURAGE TO FREEDOM, October Gallery, London | 2007 | |
AFRICA REMIX, Johannesburg, South Africa | 2007 | |
THE WORLD BANK COLLECTION, World Bank, Washington DC, USA | 2007 | |
The Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA | 2007 | |
IN AND OUT OF AFRICA, Museum Haus der Völker, Schwaz, Austria |
2007 | |
Group Show, Skoto Gallery, New York | 2007 | |
ANGAZA AFRICA, October Gallery, London | 2008 | |
PLEASE CAST AN EYE, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany | 2008 | |
AUF AUGENHÖHE, Städtische Galerie Viersen, Germany | 2008 | |
INPUT, Museu National, Luanda, Angola | 2008 | |
MULTIPLE ART, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany | 2009 | |
AUS LEIDENSCHAFT, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany | 2009 | |
Unbounded: New Art Of The New Century (Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, USA) | 2009 | |
Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa (ARTCO Gallery, October Gallery) | 2009 | |
Is There a Contemporary African Art? (INFLUXCONTEMPORARY, Lisbon, Portugal) | 2010 | |
Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa (ARTCO Gallery) | 2010 |