Annan Affotey
About This Project
ANNAN AFFOTE
Born 1985, Accra, Ghana. Lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom
EDUCATION
2007 Diploma in Art and Painting, Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra, Ghana
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Simple Life, DeBuck Gallery, New York City, New York, USA 2022 The Journey, Gallery 1957, London, United Kingdom
Nature’s Complexions, DeBuck Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence, France 2021 Ghana(tta) Strong, Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
Windows to the Soul, Ronchini Gallery, London, United Kingdom Friendly Reminder, The Cabin, Los Angeles, California, USA Champions, Amar Singh Gallery, Online, United Kingdom
2019 Out of Africa, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 2017 Nafasi Art Space, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2016 Gallerie M, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2014 Adom Akyede Art Exhibition, Accra, Ghana
African Regent Hotel, Accra, Ghana
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Facial Recognition, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Dubai, UAE
The Storytellers, Gallery 1957, London, United Kingdom Intersecting Identities, Arushi Gallery, Los Angeles, California USA 18 (Rising Ghana), Pm/Am Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021 [West] African Renaissance, Gallery 1957, Christie’s, Dubai, UAE 2019 Gallery 2622, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2018 Agora Gallery, New York City, New York, USA
2018 Gallery 2622, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2017 Arts@Large Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2017 Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA
2015 Art Basel, Ayzha Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, USA
2015 Kroma Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2014 Francis Annan Comes to America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2023 Royal Armories, Leeds Museum, England
Forgotten Battles: Gender in the Armouries
Kunsthal KAdE Museum, Amersfoort, Netherlands
Africa Supernova
2022 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection, group exhibition with Amoako Boafo, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, and Patrick Alston, Scottsdale, Arizona
2022 Oxford University, England
My Complexion, solo exhibition at Hamlin Gallery, Oxford University, United Kingdom
2014 Ghana National Museum, Accra, Ghana
PROJECTS & TALKS
2023 Netflix’s Top Boy, commissioned artwork for the series finale
2022 Symposium: Transcending Barriers In Contemporary African Art – Decolonizing
Aesthetics In Contemporary African Art, Museum Of The African Diaspora (MOAD)
HBO’s The Idol, commissioned artwork for the series to be released in 2023 2021 TommyXRomeo Mural Project (Tommy Hilfiger), London, United Kingdom
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2017-present 2013 – present 2007-2010
AWARDS
Rogues Artists Group, Wisconsin, USA
Founder, African Young Artist Organization (AYAO), Accra, Ghana Revolution Art Organization, Accra, Ghana
2016 Finalist for Pfister Artist in Residence Program
2007 Ghanatta College of Art and Design Best Student of Still Life
2007 Ghanatta College of Art and Design Best Imagination and Composition 2007 Ghanatta College of Art and Design Best Abstract Drawing Award
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 October, Noise Magazine, “The Context Behind: Annan Affotey, Lerato Nkosi, Matthew Eguanoen and WonderBuhle ” by Makgati Molebatsi
June, WhiteHot Magazine, “Nature’s Complexions: The New Paintings of Annan Affotey” by Paul Laster
February, Colossal, “Red Eyes Are Bold Counterparts to Subjects in Shades of Gray in Annan Affotey’s Portraits” by Grace Ebert
YellowZine, “Annan Affotey explores misinterpreted identity through red eyes in his portraiture” by Aisha Ayoade
2021 May, Colossal, “Red-Eyed Subjects Peer Forward in Bright, Impasto Portraits by Artist Annan Affotey” by Grace Ebert
Metal Magazine, “Annan Affotey: From the Heart” by Rebecca Martin
