Ghana / Duitsland
prints en schilderijen
Owusu-Ankomah
1956 born in Sekondji/Ghana
Education
1971 -1974 Student at the College of Art (Ghanatta) in Accra, Ghana
1979 - 1985 Journeys to Europe and contacts with European artists
since 1986 Resident in Bremen/ Germany
Solo Ehibitions
1976
YMCA-Hall, Accra, Ghana
1977
Art-Center, Accra, Ghana
1981
Art-Center, Accra, Ghana
1987
Villa Ichon, Bremen, Germany
Galerie Grünspan, Ottersberg, Germany
1988
Galerie im Forum, Bomlitz, Germany
Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
1989
Von Sharpville bis Soweto, Überseemuseum, Bremen, Germany
1991
Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
Kunstverein Wiligrad, Schwerin, Germany
1992
Galerie Wildeshausen, Wildeshausen, Germany
Galerie la trastienda del arte, Madrid, Spain
1993
BAG, Cologne, Germany
Savannah Gallery, London, GB
Galerie im Hinterhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany
1994
Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Apex, Göttingen, Germany
1995
Hochschule St. Gallen, CH
Akademie Loccum, Germany
Galerie Kühn, Berlin, Germany
1996
Tanz auf dem Vulkan, Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
Galerie Kühn, Lilienthal, Germany
1997
Kusum II, Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
Root Signs, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
1998
Galerie Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
1999
Kronacher Kunstverein, Germany
Skoto Gallery, New York, USA
2002
Movements, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
Movements, Galerie Kühn, Lilienthal, Germany
2003
Artificio, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Ècart, Osnabrück, Germany
Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
2004
Galerie Walu, Zürich, CH
Heroes, Sages and Saints, Ghana National Museum, Accra, Ghana
Human Nature, Frankfurt, Germany
2005
Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
Galerie Simoncini, Luxemburg
Dialog der Positionen, Römer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany
2006
FUTURE TRACK, ARTCO Galerie, Herzogenrath, Germany
TRACES OF THE FUTURE, IWALEWA - Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
FUTURE TRACK, Europäischer Kunsthof Vicht, Stolberg, Germany
2007
FUTURE TRACK, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA
FUTURE TRACK, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Trier, Germany
FUTURE TRACK, Kunstverein Aalen, Germany
2008
STEPPING OUT, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany
BODY & SOUL, Nomad Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2011
Prelude to the Microcron, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany
Microcron-Kunsum, October Gallery, London, UK
MICROCRON, Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions
1981
Group Show of Ghanian Painters, Oakland, USA
1985
Artists for Human Rights, Überseemuseum, Bremen, Germany
1986
We live here, El Patio, Bremen, Germany
1987
Exhibition of the BBK (Art Association) Bremen, Weserburg Bremen, Germany
Paintings 87, El Patio Bremen; Germany
1988
Bremer Förderpreisausstellung für bildende Kunst, Weserburg Bremen, Germany
1991
Bremen Art Show, BBK Bremen, Germany
Artists of Bremen, Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
1993
Art Multiple Düsseldorf, Germany
1994
Sixteen paintings and prints, London, GB
Art in Landtag, Mainz, Germany
1995
The Right To Hope, Jahannisburg, South-Africa
Absolute Ghana, Accra Contemporary Art ACA, Accra, Ghana
African Art of our Time, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Biennale Dakar, Senegal
Africana, Sala 1, Rom, Italy
Dance on the Volcano, Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
African-European Inspiration, Alsdorf, Germany
1997
Biennale Havanna, Cuba
Polarisation, Dokoupil/Dahn/Owusu-Ankomah, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
Transla Cia 1997, B.W.A. Galerie Pytrow Tryb, Poland
Exhibition of the Fourth International Conference of Visual Arts, Vancouver, Canada
1998
Body and Soul, Staatsgalerie Heerlen, Netherlands
Aids Worlds, Les Mondes du Sida, Genf, Zug, Bellinzona, Zürich, CH
1999
From Skarabäus to New Beetle, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
Translacje 1999, Pjotrkow Tryb, Poland
Five Continents One City, International Salon of Painting, Museum of Mexico City
Transavantgardia, October Gallery, London, GB
2000
Heimatkunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Arch, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
The Insect, Galerie Kühn, Berlin, Germany
Paradise Zero, Eventa 5 Biennnale, Uppsala, Sweden
Kunstkoffer, Dialog der Kulturen, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
Transafricana, Bologna, Italy
Mission 2000, Lille, France
2001
„It flys and flys“, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
2002
Bilder und Skulpturen, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
2003
Ghana Yesterday an Today, Musée Dapper, Paris, France
Post Border Land, SPK Amsterdam, Netherlands
Espacios Mesticos II, International Contemporary Art Meeting, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
A Fiction of Authenticy: Contemporary Africa Abroad, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Journeys and Destinations, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute,
Washington D.C., USA
Weltkunstreihe VII, Galerie Klinger, Germany, (with Frédéric Bruly Bouabré & Aboudramane)
2004
Africane, Stadthalle Oelsnitz, Germany
L ´Afrique à venir, Kunstverein Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, Germany
Africa Remix, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany
2005
Africa Remix, Hayward Galley, London, GB
Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokio, Japan
Africa Remix, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Retour au futur, Sammlung Elmer, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxemburg
2006
Biennale Dakar, Senegal
THE ELEPHANT, Galerie Kühn, Berlin, Germany
LEND ME YOUR EAR, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
RELATIVE DISTANCE, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South-Africa
SALON D'ART CONTEMPORAIN AFRICAIN DE BRUXELLES, Belgium
all our tomorrows, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Germany
A FICTION OF AUTHENTICITY - Conpenporary Africa Aroad, Blaffer Gallery -
The Art Museum of the University of Housten, Texas, USA
ALL STARS, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, München, Germany
ART FAIR 06, Cologne, Germany, (Gallery Jörg Heitsch, Munich)
2007
AFRICA SELECT, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany
FROM COURAGE TO FREEDOM, October Gallery, London
BODY OF EVIDENCE - Selection from the Contemporary African Art Collection -
National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA
AFRICA REMIX, Joburg, South-Africa
Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana
THE WORLD BANK COLLECTION, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
The Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, USA
IN AND OUT OF AFRICA, Museum Haus der Völker, Schwaz, Austria
ART FAIR 21, Cologne, Germany (ARTCO Gallery)
Group Show, Skoto Gallery, New York
2008
DIALOGE, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany
Joburg ART FAIR, Johannesburg, South-Africa (October Gallery, London)
ANGAZA AFRICA, October Gallery, London
PLEASE CAST AN EYE, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
AUF AUGENHÖHE, Städtische Galerie Viersen, Germany
INPUT, Museu National, Luanda, Angola
2009
MULTIPLE ART, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany
AUS LEIDENSCHAFT, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
Joburg ART FAIR, Johannesburg, South Africa (ARTCO Gallery, October Gallery)
"... aus Leidenschaft", Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg ,Germany
UNBOUNDED: New Art for a New Century, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2010
FINE ART 2010, ARTCO Gallery , Herzogenrath, Germany
Africa 2.0 - Is There a Contemporary African Art? - INFLUXCONTEMPORARY,
Lisbon, Portugal
2011
ANCESTRAL SPACE - Translated Identities, Mojo Gallery, Dubai
AFRIKA - BOOK AND ART, Open Art Galerie, Borken, Germany
GRENZENLOS, Kunstverein Aalen, Germany
JUST ONE, Summer Exhibition, ARTCO Gallery, Germany
Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa (ARTCO Gallery, October Gallery)
Art Fair Cologne, Germany (ARTCO Gallery)
Publications
1991
Bremer Künstler, Bremen Germany
1992
Wiligrader, Kunstmagazin Neu Mecklenburg, Germany
1993
BAG, Handelsmagazin. Cologne Germany
Catalogue. Lampspringe, Germany
1994
New African , Catalogue. IIK e.V. Hannover, Germany
Sixteen, Paintings and Prints, London, GB
Owusu-Ankomah, Catalogue, Kunstverein Salzgitter, Germany
1995
The Right to Hope, Global Visions, London/Johannisburg GB/RSA
An Inside Story, Art of our Time, Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan
Owusu-Ankomah – Hommage A “Y”, Catalogue, Akademie Loccum, Bremen, Germany
1996
Dak’Art. Catalogue, Biennale Dakar, Senegal
African-European Inspiration, Catalogue, Alsdorf, Germany
1997
Art in Amerika, Sexta Bienal de la Habanna, Cuba
Atlantica, International Revista de las Arts, Spain
Owusu-Ankomah, Catalogue, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
1998
Le Monde du Sida, Geneva, Switzerland
Kunstbeeld, Netherlands
Kusum III, Catalogue, Galerie Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
Body & Soul, Catalogue, Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, Netherlands
Vielfaches Echo, Catalogue, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Germany
1999
Vom Skarabäus zum New Beatle, Catalogue, Kunstverein Bad Salzdethfurth, Germany
Ghana / Togo, Revue Noir, Paris
2002
Movements, Catalogue, Kunstverein Bad Salzdethfurth, Germany
An Anthology of African Art of the 20 th Century, Revue Noir, Paris
Afrikanische Kunst, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Germany
2003
Der Rest der Welt, Catalogue, Pirmasens, Germany
Dialoge, Catalogue, Wehr, Germany
2004
Afrika Remix, Catalogue, Düsseldorf, Germany
Owusu-Ankomah, Catalogue, Galerie Walu, Zürich, Switzerland
2005
Kunstforum Nr. 174, Out of Africa, Germany
Retour au future, Collection Elmer, Catalogue, Luxemburg
2006
Future Track, Art book, ARTCO, Germany
Art Fair 06, Catalogue, Cologne, Germany (Gallery Jörg Heitsch)
2007
Have a good Nose, Catalogue, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
Art Fair 21, Catalogue, Cologne, Germany (ARTCO Gallery)
2008
Auf Augenhöhe, Catalogue, Galerie der Stadt Viersen, Germany
ANGAZA AFRICA, Art book, Laurence King Publishing, London
The Poetics of Cloth, Catalogue, Grey Art Gallery, New York
AFRICA NOW, Catalogue, World Bank Colletion, Washington D.C.
Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, Catalogue
Einen Augenblick, Bitte! Catalogue, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth,
Germany
2009
Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, Catalogue
2010
Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, Catalogue
2010
AFRIKA UND DIE KUNST,
Einblicke in Deutsche Privatsammlungen,
Dorina Hecht, Günter Kawik,
Kawik-Verlag, Bottrop, Germany
2011
Ancestral Space - Translated Identities, Catalogue, Mojo Gallery, Dubai
Owusu-Ankomah’werk is gevuld met mensen en symbolen om een spirituele wereld te beschrijven. De symbolen zijn adinkra symbolen die elk een concept of gezegde voorstellen en afkomstig zijn van het Akan volk uit Ghana. De mensen zijn naakt, powerful, altijd getekend zonder schaduw en vol energie en bijna onzichtbaar door de symbolen. Omdat de mens verweven is met zijn omgeving, met het universum. Owusu-Ankomah is sterk geïnspireerd door de mannelijke naakten van Michelangelo. In zijn nieuwe serie Prelude to the Microcron is het symbool Microcron, de cirkel die verschillende werelden en sferen verbindt. Owusu Ankomah: “The microcron is the ultimate symbol, the essential theory and philosophy behind my new Works. It is a means of deciphering childhood meditations, dreams and visions, an attempt at presenting, through design and composition, the essence of our existence and awareness”. Spiritualiteit wordt een steeds grotere inspiratiebron voor zijn werk. De eerste werken uit de serie, waarvan 2 te zien bij SANAA zijn blauw, wat staat voor diepte, lucht, ruimte en water ,maar ook voor aarde.
Zijn werk was eerder te zien in de October Gallery (London), Afrika Remix, Skoto Gallery (New York), Mojo Gallery (Dubai), Joburg art fair.