Bernard Akoi-Jackson

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]

Bernard Akoi-Jackson
A picture of Bernard Akoi-Jackson backstage to speak at TEDx Ahodwo, Kumasi
Born1979 (age 43–44)
Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Known forVisual Art, installation art, poetry

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. "Rhodes University-Where Leaders Learn". Rhodes University. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. "Nubuke - Artists". www.nubukefoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. 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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