Godfried Donkor
Godfried Donkor (born 1964),[1] is a Ghanaian artist, living and working in London, who has exhibited in Cuba, Mexico, the US, Europe and Africa. He is known primarily for his work in collage, and has been described as similar to Keith Piper and Isaac Julien in his output. Some of his pieces depict boxers, such as Jack Johnson and Mohammad Ali. Donkor has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, both in the United States and in Europe, and was Ghana's representative to the 2001 Venice Biennale. His work is in the collection of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
Biography
Donkor was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and in 1973 at the age of nine moved to London, where he later was a student at St Martins College of Art (1989).[2] He did graduate studies in Barcelona, Spain, with support from UNESCO (1991–92), and in 1994 participated in the Thapong International Artists Workshop in Botswana.[3] He went on to gain a master's degree in African art history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (1995).[4]
Since 1995, he has had solo exhibitions in Belgium, France, Germany, Ghana, Senegal, Sweden, South Africa, UK and USA. He has been represented in Biennial exhibitions and international exhibitions in Salamanca (2003); Venice (2001); Havana (2000); and Dakar (1998); Pin Up, at Tate Modern, London (2003/4); Around the World in 80 Days, at the ICA, London (2006); and group shows in Austria; Belgium; Ghana; Luxembourg; Mexico; Norway; Germany; Spain; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; South Africa; UK; and USA. Recent projects include Story of a London Township, at Space, London (2009); Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2009); Olympians and Muses, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg (2009); ARCO, Madrid (2010); Space: Currencies in Contemporary Africa Art, Museum of Art, Johannesburg (2010).[5]
In 1998, he was included in the Dak'Art Festival in Senegal, where he was awarded the prize for Best International Artist.[6]
He represented Ghana at the 2001 Venice Biennale, for which he was commissioned to present a new work, an installation entitled Lord Byron’s Drawing Room.[7]
Awards
Awards Donkor has received include in 1998 the Prix de la Revelation, at the Dakar Biennale.[7]
References
- ^ Holland Cotter, "Art In Review; Godfried Donkor", The New York Times, 16 May 2003.
- ^ "Godfried Donkor", Tasneem Gallery.
- ^ Godfried Donkor biography at Body of Evidence exhibition.
- ^ "Godfried Donkor", Resolution Gallery.
- ^ "Godfried Donkor", Artlyst.
- ^ "Truely, Madly, Deeply Modern | Godfried Donkor", African Painters, 15 May 2006.
- ^ a b Polly Brock, "Exploring Exploitation: Interview with Godfried Donkor", Art/ctualité, 9 February 2015.
External links
- Godfried Donkor at Pascal Polar Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- Works at the National Museum of African Art
- Godfried Donkor at the Venice Biennale
- Mathew Partridge, "Godfried Donkor: making a statement", Financial Mail, 23 January 2014.
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