Ibrahim Mahama (artist)

Ibrahim Mahama (dem born am 1987) be Ghanaian artist of monumental installations."Ibrahim Mahama", Contemporary And (C&). He dey live den dey work insyd Accra, Kumasi den Tamale, Ghana. He be de founder of Red Clay Studio, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Arts den Nkrumah Volini.

 Education 
He obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree insyd Painting den Sculpture in 2013 den bachelor of Fine Arts degree insyd Painting insyd 2010 at de Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

 Career 
He often dey work plus found objects by he dey transform dem insyd ein practice den dey give dem new meanings. Mahama be best known for draping buildings insyd old jute sacks wich he dey stitch togeda plus a team of collaborators make dem create patchwork quilts. Na he be de youngest artist dem feature insyd de Ghana Pavilion at de 2019 Venice Biennale. Na dem show ein work during de 56th International Art Exhibition of de Venice Biennale insyd Italy All The World’s Futures curate by Okwui Enwezor insyd 2015.

Mahama dey show ein works insyd Ghanaian markets, as well as galleries. Dem intend dis make e provide a critical reflection for de value system inherent to ein materials. He sanso be a painter den sculptor.

Insyd 2013, Stefan Simchowitz, along plus Dublin gallerist Ellis King, sue Mahama. Na de dealers bia Mahama, buh he refuse make he authenticate derivative works dem produce from Mahama ein installations of Ghanaian coal sacks. Insyd 2016, Simchowitz settle plus Mahama.

Insyd 2019, he start de Savannah Center for Contemporary Art (SCCA), Tamale. Mahama sanso repurpose 120 scratched second-class train seats thru parliament he dey bell de "parliament of ghost", a replica of Ghana ein parliament chamber. Na dem install de parliament of ghost at de Whitworth Art gallery insyd Manchester.

Na dem exhibit Mahama ein work at Artspace for de 22nd Biennale of Sydney insyd 2020. 

As part of ein contribution to de development of Africa thru art, na frm name Mahama de 73rd most influential African by theafricareport.com insyd de list of 100 most influential Africans 2019/2020.
 Ein life matter 
Mahama marry Khadija Yussif Iddi. De pair get married insyd July 2023 at a private ceremony insyd Tamale."Celebrated artiste Ibrahim Mahama marries in a plush Islamic wedding in Tamale".

 Solo exhibitions 
ExhibitionYearLocationCountryGarden of scarcity2022De Oude Kerk, AmsterdamNetherlandsLazarus2021White CubeUnited KingdomFragments2017White CubeUnited KingdomMaterial Effects2015Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State UniversityUnited StatesCivil Occupation2014Ellis King, DublinIrelandKawokudi Coal Sack Installation, Accra, Ghana

Nima Coal Sack Installation, Accra, Ghana

Adum Coal Sack Installation, Kumasi, Ghana

Jute, What Is Art?2013Accra
Accra

Railway Station, Kumasi

K.N.U.S.T Museum, KumasiGhanaSisala Coal Market, Coal Sack Installation

Trading Identities, Installation 2012Newtown, Accra

MFA Block, Kumasi GhanaThe colonized body, Installation2011Kokomlemle, AccraGhanaClass and Identity, Installation, K.N.U.S.T, Kumasi, Ghana2010K.N.U.S.T, KumasiGhanaPurity? Cultures of display, Installation2009Bomso, KumasiGhana

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 External links 
Profile on the White Cube site
Category:Human
Category:1987 births
Category:Ghanaians
Category:People wey komot Tamale, Ghana
Category:21st-century Ghanaian artists
Category:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:Installation artists
Category:Ghanaian male artists
Category:Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary alumni