Joseph Awuah-Darko [b.1996] is a London-born interdisciplinary Ghanaian artist and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Alumnus who uses diverse mediums to process historical and autobiographical narratives. From the artist’s expansive Kente textile works, melding his Asante heritage with Afrofuturism, to his series of oil stick paintings, charting his moods over a day’s span, Awuah-Darko’s practice is always grappling with the tensions between interior experience and external expression.
Awuah-Darko is currently finalizing his residency at the prestigious Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut before his next major solo exhibition in London with Ed Cross Fine Art in September 2024.
Awuah-Darko’s work features in major public and private collections including the Institute Museum of Ghana (Accra, Ghana), Stanley Museum of Art (Iowa, US), Frederic De Goldschmidts Collection (Brussels, Belgium), Nirox Foundation (South Africa), Naomi Campbell Collection (New York, US), Beth de Woody Collection (Palm Springs, US) and Collection EW (Munich, Germany).
Recent solo exhibitions include Soft Landing, Nirox Foundation (South Africa, 2023); Mythical Negro, Jac Forbes (Malibu, US, 2023) and Bed of Roses, The Mix (Accra, Ghana, 2022). Group exhibition highlights include Form Comes to Mind, Anzai Gallery (Tokyo, Japan, 2024); Hand Over Hand: Textiles Today, Mindy Solomon (Miami, USA, 2023) and The Becoming, Peres Projects (Berlin, Germany, 2023).
Besides his work as a visual artist, Awuah-Darko is a practising curator, and the founder and director of Noldor Artist Residency in Accra, Ghana which has been recognized by the New York Times, Financial Times and Art Newspaper.