Serge Attukwei Clottey

Serge Attukwei Clottey (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist who works across installation, performance, photography and sculpture.[1] He is the creator of Afrogallonism, an artistic concept, which he describes as 'an artistic concept to explore the relationship between the prevalence of the yellow oil gallons in regards to consumption and necessity in the life of the modern African.'[2] As the founder of Ghana's GoLokal, Clottey tries to transform society through art.[3]

Serge Attukwei Clottey
Born1985 (age 35–36)
Accra, Ghana
Education
OccupationArtist
Known forAfrogallonism

He is based at Labadi, a suburb of Accra.[4]

Early life and education

Clottey was born in Accra in 1985[5] and started exhibiting his works around 2003.[6] He was educated at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design in Accra. He then moved to Brazil where he attended Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais.In 2019 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Art from the University of Brighton.[7]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Recognition

In August 2019, Clottey received the award of Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton.[23]

References
  1. AsiwomeWrites. "5 Contemporary Artists in Ghana". AsiwomeWrite.Com. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. "Afrogallonism". Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  3. "Afrogallonism". Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  4. Mueller, Baerbel (2017-04-10). [APPLIED] FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Investigating spatial phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa. Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-3-0356-0878-6.
  5. "Serge Attukwei Clottey: 'My body is part of my work's mystery'". Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  6. "CV". Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  7. "CV". Retrieved 2019-02-07.
  8. "Serge Attukwei Clottey – Sensitive Balance". GNYP Gallery. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. "Serge Attukwei Clottey / ADESA WE / January 11 – February 29, 2020". Ever Gold [Projects]. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Routes". The Mistake Room. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Solo Chorus". The Mistake Room. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. "KUBATANA. An Exhibition with Contemporary African Artists". Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  13. "Current Affairs: Serge Attukwei Clottey". Fabrica. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  14. "Serge Attukwei Clottey / Everyday Myth: Survival and Sustenance / April 7 – May 26". Ever Gold [Projects]. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  15. "360 LA Art Exhibition by Serge Attukwei Clottey". Classic Ghana. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  16. "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Differences Between". Jane Lombard Gallery. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  17. "Gallery Takeover by Gallery 1957 from Accra, Ghana". Lawrie Shabibi Gallery. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  18. "Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present". Moody Center. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  19. "Stormy Weather". Museum Arnhem. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  20. "Right at the Equator". Depart Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  21. "Fairs". Gallery 1957. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  22. "Defying the Narrative: Contemporary Art from West and Southern Africa / September 8 – October 27". Ever Gold [Projects]. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  23. "The importance of hope in difficult times". University of Brighton. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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