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Bernard Akoi-Jackson
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenGhana Edit
Name wey dem give amBernard Edit
Family nameJackson Edit
Ein date of birth1979 Edit
Place dem born amGhana Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish, Twi Edit
Ein occupationwriter Edit
Educate forKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School Edit

Bernard Akoi–Jackson (born 1979), be Ghanaian academic, artist den writer. Dem know am for projects wey be for continual metamorphosis insyd. Ein art works be mostly performative, anaa pseudo-rituals.[1] Ein writings dey focus for de development of contemporary African,[2] Ghanaian visual arts den culture insyd poetic den jovial manner.[3] Dem know am as a proverbial jester (anaa Esu)[2] wey dey use critical absurdity make he move between installations, dance den poetry, video, den photography.[4] He dey blend post-colonial African identities thru transient den makeshift memorials.[5][6]

Early life den education

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Akoi-Jackson attend Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, for ein secondary school education. He dey hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts den PhD insyd Painting den Sculpture from de College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[1]

Career

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Insyd August 2006, he get ein first residency at Kofi Setordj ein ArtHAUS wer he develope ein project '' REDTAPEONBOTTLENECK '' as a participatory performance. He get residencies plus Stedelijk Museum[7] as "Global-artist-in-residency[3] between 2013 den 2014 den at de Thiami Mnyele artists dema residency insyd Amsterdam. He be a lecturer at de College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Exhibitions

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  • Material Effects: Contemporary Art from West Africa den de 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 insyd Accra (2007)
  • SaNsA in Kumasi (2009)
  • Xerem International Artists’ Residency Home & Abroad insyd Portugal (2010)
  • Moderator of Architecture of Independence insyd Kumasi (2018)[11]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rhodes University-Where Leaders Learn". Rhodes University (in English). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nubuke - Artists". www.nubukefoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Institute, Dutch Art. "Bernard Akoi-Jackson". dai (in English). 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 (in British English). 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 (in English). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  9. ↑ "WATA don PASS; Looking West – an exclusive Performance Event | Lilith Performance Studio" (in English). Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  10. ↑ "Bernard Akoi-Jackson Archives". Art Africa Magazine (in British English). Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  11. ↑ "Events - Goethe-Institut Ghana". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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