Zohra Opoku

Zohra Opoku

human

Ein sex anaa gender	female
Country wey e be citizen	Ghana, Germany
Name wey dem give am	Zohra
Family name	Opoku
Ein date of birth	1976
Place dem born am	Altdöbern
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	German, English
Ein occupation	artist
Educate for	Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Dema official website	https://www.zohraopoku.com/
Has works in the collection	Hessel Museum of Art
Copyright status as creator	works protected by copyrights

Zohra Opoku (born 1976) be a German-born Ghanaian textile artist den photographer. She use textile patterns make she inform ein photographed portraits. Na dem born am insyd Altdöbern, Germany, wey she dey live insyd Accra. She be known for ein installations, performances, textile designs, photographs den videos.

Biography

Dem born insyd 1976 insyd Altdöbern insyd East Germany, ein poppie of Ghanaian origin die wen na she be kiddie. Na dem raise am in part by ein maternal grandparents. She then know little about ein African origins, ein mommie hesitant make she give free rein to stories for dis subject top, ebe de subject of surveillance insyd East Germany wey dey follow ein relationship plus a Ghanaian man den de paranoia insyd dis regime about non-standard elements. However, she den ein family benefit from de fall of de Berlin Wall insyd 1989. Na Zohra Opoku be then able make she pursue higher education insyd Hamburg, insyd de field of fashion den design. Then, still insyd Europe, she work insyd clothing plus de Danish designer Henrick Vibskov, before she devote einself entirely to ein own artistic creations. De Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) insyd London present sam of ein works insyd an exhibition dem entitle Black Style in. Buh ein training den dis prior career insyd de fashion den clothing industry go mark ein later creations.

Personal exhibitions (selection)

• 2014: The Billboard Project , Public art exhibition, Accra, Ghana
• 2016: Sassa , Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
• 2016: Draped Histories , Kruger Gallery, Chicago
• 2017: The Armory Show, Galerie Mariane Ibrahim, New York
• 2019: Paris Photo, Prismes Sector at the Grand-Palais, Galerie Mariane Ibrahim, Paris

Collective exhibitions (selection)

• 2007: Black Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• 2014: Words of Women, Alliance Française, Accra, Ghana
• 2014: Dakar Biennale, Senegal
• 2015: FAVT: Future Africa - Visions In Time, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany
• 2015: Making Africa, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany / Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
• 2016: Making Africa, Center de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain
• 2016: 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York
• 2017: Making Africa, High Museum of Art , Atlanta
• 2017: FAVT, Goethe Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa / Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya
• 2019: Treasures of Islam: from Timbuktu to Zanzibar, Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rabat, Morocco
• 2019: EXPO Chicago, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago
• 2020: Dakar Biennale, Senegal
• 2021: I have two Loves..., Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Paris, France

Bibliography

• Cascone, Sarah (March 3, 2017). "Mariane Ibrahim Wins Armory Show's First 'Presents' Prize". Artnet News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
• Embuscado, Rain; Chu, Christie (May 6, 2016). "The Best of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair - artnet News". Artnet News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
• Kaplan, Isaac (March 2, 2017). "Mariane Ibrahim Gallery Wins The Armory Show Booth Prize". Artsy. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
• Mercer, Amirah (March 2, 2017). "'Unraveled Threads': Ghanaian Artist Zohra Opoku's Latest Work Focuses On Kente & Identity". OkayAfrica. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
• "The art of Ghana". Financial Times. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
• "Young Seattle gallery wins first $10,000 Presents prize at The Armory Show". Retrieved May 31, 2017.

External links

• Official website