Bernard Akoi-Jackson

Bernard Akoi–Jackson
A picture of Bernard Akoi-Jackson backstage to speak at TEDx Ahodwo, Kumasi
Born1979 (age 44–45)
Ghana
EducationPresbyterian Boys' Secondary School
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(BFA)(MFA)(PhD)
Occupation(s)Artist, educator, writer
Known forInstallation art, performance art, poetry, video art, photographer, dancer, poet, academic

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

  1. ^ a b "Rhodes University-Where Leaders Learn". Rhodes University. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ^ a b "Nubuke - Artists". www.nubukefoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. ^ a b Institute, Dutch Art. "Bernard Akoi-Jackson". dai. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  4. ^ "Bernard Akoi Jackson « KHOJ". Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  5. ^ "Ghana and Africa in Stills - ghanailoveyou: Bernard Akoi-Jackson (b. Accra,..." immigrantslenz.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  6. ^ "Art Spaces & Legacies lived behind by Visionaries: In a conversation with Bernard Jackson and Ibrahim Mahama". Sanatu Zambang. 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  7. ^ "Thami Mnyele Foundation News". thami-mnyele.nl. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  8. ^ "MutualArt.com - The Web's Largest Art Information Service". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  9. ^ "WATA don PASS; Looking West – an exclusive Performance Event | Lilith Performance Studio". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  10. ^ "Bernard Akoi-Jackson Archives". Art Africa Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  11. ^ "Events - Goethe-Institut Ghana". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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