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 | |
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 A picture of Bernard Akoi-Jackson backstage to speak at TEDx Ahodwo, Kumasi | |
| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
| Education | Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(BFA)(MFA)(PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, educator, writer |
| Known for | Installation art, performance art, poetry, video art, photographer, dancer, poet, academic |
Early life and education
editAkoi-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
editIn 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
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Rhodes University-Where Leaders Learn". Rhodes University. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ a b "Nubuke - Artists". www.nubukefoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ a b Institute, Dutch Art. "Bernard Akoi-Jackson". dai. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Bernard Akoi Jackson « KHOJ". Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "Ghana and Africa in Stills - ghanailoveyou: Bernard Akoi-Jackson (b. Accra,..." immigrantslenz.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Thami Mnyele Foundation News". thami-mnyele.nl. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "MutualArt.com - The Web's Largest Art Information Service". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ "WATA don PASS; Looking West – an exclusive Performance Event | Lilith Performance Studio". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "Bernard Akoi-Jackson Archives". Art Africa Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "Events - Goethe-Institut Ghana". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
External links
edit- Bernard Akoi-Jackson at Coriolis Effect, Khoj, 2015
- Lilith Performance - Bernard Akoi Jackson - Untitled: How to Usher [an] African fully into [his]tory
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