Zohra Opoku

Zohra Opoku (born 1976)"20 Artists to Watch at The Armory Show". Artsy. February 28, 2017. 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

 References 

Category:Living people

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 External links 

 Official website

Category:Human
Category:1976 births
Category:Ghanaians
Category:German artists
Category:Ghanaian artists
Category:Ghanaian photographers
Category:Textile designers
Category:People wey komot Altdöbern
Category:German people of Ghanaian descent
Category:People wey komot Accra