Akosua Adoma Owusu

Akosua Adoma Owusu (wɔwoo no Ɔbɛnem 1, 1984) yɛ Ghana-Amerika siniyɛfo ne ɔyɛfoɔ. Ne sini ahorow no hwehwɛ abibifo atubrafo a wɔwɔ Amerika no nipasu a ɛne wɔn ho wɔn ho bɔ abira mu denam akwan horow pii so fi sini mu nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw so kosi asɛm a wɔde sɔ hwɛ so kosi Abibifo nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ a agye din a wɔasan ayɛ so. Bere a Owusu rekyerɛ adwene a ɛne sɛ " adwene abien ," a asetra ho ɔbenfo ne ɔmanfo hokwan ahorow ho ɔbenfo WEB Du Bois de bae no ase no, ɔde asi n'ani so sɛ ɔbɛbɔ sini mu ahunmu anaa nhumu a ɛto so abiɛsa . Wɔ n’adwuma mu no, feminism, queerness, ne Afrikafo nipasu di nkitaho wɔ Afrikafo, Amerikafo aborɔfo, ne Amerikafo abibifo amammerɛ mmeae.

Mprempren ɔyɛ Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a Ɔsrasra Hɔ wɔ Harvard Sukuupɔn ne Pratt Asoɛe a ɛwɔ Brooklyn, New York.

 Mfitiase asetra ne nhomasua 
Ghanafo awofo na wɔwoo Owusu na wɔtetee no wɔ atubrafo mpɔtam bi wɔ Alexandria, Virginia . Ɔyɛ Grace ne Albert A. Owusu nuanom baasa mu akumaa, Sr. Owusu wɔ master’s degrees wɔ School of Film/Video ne School of Fine Art wɔ California Institute of the Arts, a onyaa wɔ afe 2008  Ɔwiee sukuu no nyaa Bachelors interdisciplinary degree wɔ Media Studies  ne Studio Art mu a ɔnyaa soronko wɔ Virginia Suapɔn mu wɔ afe 2005.  Owusu hyɛɛ n’adwuma ase sɛ ɔyɛ post-production boafoɔ wɔ Chris Rock ’s HBO documentary The Cinema Guild: Me Broni Ba “ Good Hair ” (2009). Ɛno akyi bere tiaa bi no, ɔdan yɛɛ n’ankasa sini ntiantiaa a wɔsɔ hwɛ .

 Adwuma 
Bere a Owusu wiee CalArts wɔ afe 2008 mu akyi bere tiaa bi no, na ɔyɛ mfoniniyɛfo a wɔagye din  wɔ Robert Flaherty Sini Nhyiam a ɛto so 56 a ɔkasatiafo ne sini sohwɛfo a wagye din Dennis Lim yɛɛ ho nhyehyɛe no mu.  Indiewire bɔɔ ne din sɛ Avant-Garde Mmea Siniyɛfo baanum a Wɔsan kyerɛkyerɛɛ Sini mu no mu biako, ne The Huffington Post ’s Black Artists no mu biako: Nnɛyi Adwinniyɛfo 30 a wonnii mfe 40 a Ɛsɛ sɛ Wohu, Owusu yɛ 2013 MacDowell Colony Fellow  ne 2015 Guggenheim Mfɛfo .

Wɔ afe 2020 mu no, Owusu nyaa Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists  a Film wɔ Lincoln Center de maa no.

Owusu a ɔtɔn “abirabɔ a emu yɛ den” a ɛfa abibifo, atutra ne nkae ho no, ɔsakra sini a wɔsɔ hwɛ, adwinni pa ne Afrikafo atetesɛm ntam a biribiara nhaw no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛbɔ sini ahorow a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛgye sɛnea obi te ho kyim .

Ne “adwene a ɛreko” sɛnea ɔka ho asɛm no bɛyɛ nea efi ase ma ne sini Me broni ba (me ba fitaa). Bere a ɔde ti nhwi di dwuma sɛ amammerɛ mu ade, hwehwɛ Afrikafo ne Afrikafo-Amerikafo nipasu ne wɔn adwene mu de bɔ mmɔden sɛ obesiesie wɔn ntam nsonsonoe.  Ed Halter, wɔn a wɔhyehyɛɛ Light Industry wɔ Brooklyn no mu biako kyerɛw Me Broni Ba sɛ 2010 sini du a ɛsen biara wɔ Artforum nsɛmma nhoma mu no mu biako.

Ɔayɛ sini ahorow a wagye abasobɔde a Reluctantly Queer (2016) ne Kwaku Ananse ka ho. Wɔ afe 2013 mu no, Kwaku Ananse  nyaa Golden Bear nomination wɔ Berlinale 2013 Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival na onyaa 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award Interview: Akosua Adoma Owusu’s ‘Kwaku Ananse’ maa West Africa man Ghana wɔ Best Short Film mu. Sini yi a Ghanani adwumfoɔ Jojo Abot dii mu akoten no, Focus Features’ Africa First,Focus Features: Akosua Adoma Owusu Profile na ɛboaa no, na ɛdii kan wɔ Amerika Atifi fam wɔ 2013 Toronto International Film Festival .  Wɔde Kwaku Ananse nso kaa 2013 Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma - César Golden Nights, nhyehyɛe a wɔde mmoa a efi UNESCO hɔ a ɛpaw sini ntiantiaa a ɛda nsow hyehyɛe no ho.

Reluctantly Queer (2016) a wɔne Dr. Kwame Edwin Otu yɛɛ adwuma boom yɛɛ no, a ɔyɛ Ɔbenfoɔ Boafoɔ a ɔhwɛ Afrika Amerikafoɔ ne Afrikafoɔ Adesua so wɔ Virginia Suapɔn mu  na wɔyii no sɛ ɔmfa Golden Bear ne Teddy Award 30th Teddy Award Programme Guide 2016 wɔ afe 2016 Berlin Amanaman Ntam Sini Afahyɛ ase.Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival Ɛyɛɛ nea edi kan wɔ Amerika Atifi fam sɛ Akwankyerɛfo Foforo/Sini Foforo Afahyɛ no fa .

Owusu kaa sɛ wɔ afe 2015 nsɛmbisa a ɔne South Africa's Elle (magazine), Owusu kaa sɛ "Me hyɛɛ aseɛ yɛɛ sini wɔ Ghana sɛ ɔkwan a mɛfa so anya baabi wɔ me Ghana agyapadeɛ mu." Metaa frɛ me ho sɛ Ghana-Amerikani, nanso mibu me ho sɛ Amerikani siniyɛfo a ofi Ghana. Sɛ mewɔ Amerika a, mete nka sɛ meyɛ Ghanafo paa na sɛ mewɔ Ghana a, mete nka sɛ Amerikani kɛse. Me ne me nnamfo a wofi Amerika fii ase tuu kwan kɔɔ Ghana sɛ wɔrebɛboa me wɔ ahodwiriw a ɛne sɛ midii abibifo ho dwuma wɔ Afrika ne Afrikafo a wɔatu akɔtra mmeae foforo no nyinaa mu. Ɔdɔ a mewɔ ma Afrika no nam ɔdɔ ho adwene a ɛfa asasepɔn no ho sɛ ofie a ɛretwɛn me mmae no so. Sini a wɔyɛ wɔ Ghana, yɛ akwantu yi fa."

 Nneɛma a wɔboaboa ano daa 
N’adwuma no ka Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So, Center Georges Pompidou, ne Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ UCLA no nneɛma a wɔaboaboa ano daa no ho.

 Rex Siniyɛbea 
Wɔ afe 2013 mu no, Owusu hyɛɛ wiase nyinaa Kickstarter nhyehyɛe bi ase sɛ ‘Save the Rex’! Akosua Adoma Owusu: Life & Save the Rex Project Part 1 Rex Cinema yɛ Ghana sinidan a akyɛ sen biara no mu biako. Wɔ bere a na amammui mu ahobammɔ nni Ghana wɔ 60, 70 ne 80 mfe no mu no, Adwinni no so tew. Wɔtoo sinidan ahorow no nyinaa mu wɔ asraafo atuatew ne bere a wɔbaraa wɔn fie akyi . Owusu hwehwɛɛ sɛ obegye Rex Cinema nkwa de akora sini adan so.  Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Owusu yɛɛ screenplay a egyina ne wiase nyinaa ɔsatu a ɔde kɔmaa Save the Rex Cinema  wɔ Ghana wɔ Camargo Foundation wɔ Cassis, France.  Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, The Guardian de too gua sɛ Owusu reyɛ adwuma wɔ asetra mu sini a ne fa bi yɛ ayɛsɛm a ɛfa ne ɔsatu a ɔde bɛsan de abakɔsɛm mu Rex sini no aba ho.

 Amanaman ntam nneɛma a wɔatumi ayɛ 
Wɔ afe 2015 mu no, Two films a Owusu kyerɛɛ no kwan na ɔyɛɛ no yɛ akasatiafo paw wɔ Artforum nsɛmma nhoma mu.

Owusu sini Reluctantly Queer yɛ akasatiafo sini a eye sen biara wɔ afe 2016 mu no mu biako wɔ Sight & Sound, sini nsɛmma nhoma a Britania Sini Asoɛe (BFI) tintim ɔsram biara

Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Britain ’s Royal African Society bɔɔ Owusu din sɛ wɔn Nnipa a Ɔsen Biara wɔ Nnawɔtwe no mu na South Africa Elle (nsɛmma nhoma) nso bɔɔ no din sɛ mmea 50 a wɔn ho yɛ nwonwa no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, wɔbɔɔ ne din wɔ Dazed nsɛmma nhoma mu sɛ ɔyɛ siniyɛfo du a wɔsɔ hwɛ a wɔredi wiase nsɛmti akɛse ho dwuma no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2018 mu no, Cobo Center Cobo Center Marquee hyɛɛ Owusu sɛ ɔnyɛ video a wɔde besisi Jefferson ne Washington akwan so wɔ Detroit, Michigan kuro no mfimfini wɔ Abibifoɔ Abakɔsɛm Ɔsram mu.

 Ɔyɛkyerɛ ahorow a wɔapaw 

 2020: Akosua Adoma Owusu: Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Kwaeɛ mu wɔ Museum of Modern Art Documentary Fortnight 
 2019: Akosua Adoma Owusu: Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Kwae mu wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Asoɛe (New Orleans)
 2019: Akosua Adoma Owusu: Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Kwaeɛ mu wɔ Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
 2019: Wiase Abiɛsa Ntam: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe wɔ REDCAT
 2019: Nhumu Mmiɛnsa: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe wɔ Yerba Buena Asoɛe a Ɛhwɛ Adwinni So
 2019: Sala de Video: Akosua Adoma Owusu wɔ Sao Paulo Tete Nneɛma Akorae
 2019: Nhumu Mmiɛnsa: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Asoɛe, Richmond
 2019: Wɔreyɛ sini: Akosua Adoma Owusu wɔ Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Nnɛyi Adwinni So, Chicago
 2018: Nhumu Mmiɛnsa wɔ BOZAR, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels ; 
 2018: Afrika Twilight wɔ Bowers Tete Nneɛma Akorae ; 
 2018: Dae bi asinasin wɔ McNay Art Museum ; 
 2018: Wɔne Ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛɛ sini ne nkɔmmɔdie wɔ Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akoraeɛ wɔ UCLA ;
 2017: Akosua Adoma Owusu ne Bus Nut wɔ Atlanta Nnɛyi Adwinnibea ; 
 2016: Afrika a Wɔreyɛ: Akosua Adoma Owusu wɔ Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
 2016: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe wɔ Tabakalera
 2016: Encuentro con Akosua Adoma Owusu wɔ Museo de Arte Contemporaneo a ɛwɔ Castilla y León
 2016: L'évènement Akosua Adoma Owusu wɔ Mfinimfini Georges Pompidou
 2016: Nhumu Mmiɛnsa wɔ Tete Nneɛma Akorae, Houston
 2016: Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016 wɔ Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So
 2015: Nnɛyi Memeneda: Anwummere a yɛne Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Tete Nneɛma Akorae
 2015: Asetra mu Ɔhaw wɔ Rochester Art Center
 2015: Ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛhunu Amerika wɔ Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akoraeɛ a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So
 2015: Nwi ho Adwinni wɔ Afrika wɔ Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akorae wɔ UCLA
 2015: Sini mmienu a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛeɛ wɔ Art and Practice a wɔne Hammer Museum  ayɛ adwuma.
 2015: Yɛ/Ka wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Asoɛe, Philadelphia
 2014: Prospect.3: Nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw ama Mprempren New Orleans Mfirihyia Abiɛsa 
 2013: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe wɔ Moderna Museet
 2012: Fore wɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ Harlem
 2012: Bearden Dwumadie a ɛwɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akoraeɛ a ɛwɔ Harlem
 2011: VideoStudio: Sesa Saa ara wɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ Harlem
 2011: Nhumu anan wɔ Vox Populi (adwinni dan)
 2009: Sikɔne 30 a ɛwɔ Inch biako mu wɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ Harlem
 2009: Me Broni Ba wɔ Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Nnɛyi Adwinni Ho Nsɛm a Wɔakyerɛw Nnawɔtwe Abien

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