Owusu Ankomah
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Owusu-Ankomah (24 October 1956 – 6 February 2025) was a leading contemporary African artist with origins in Ghana. His work addresses themes of identity and the body, using his trademark motif of Adinkra symbolism. His work is also "influenced by the art of the Renaissance, handwritten texts from ancient cultures such as the adinkra symbol system of the Akan people of Ghana, Chinese ideograms, and contemporary global cultures." Owusu-Ankomah was a trained artist from Achimota College, near Accra, "established in 1936 and in 1952 incorporated into the University of Science and Technology at Kum
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ghana
- Place of birth
- Sekondi-Takoradi
- Place of death
- Sekondi-Takoradi
- Occupation
- painter
- Educated at
- Achimota School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.owusu-ankomah.de/index.html
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- has works in the collection
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- date of birth
- 1956-10-24
- date of death
- 2025-02-06
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Selected solo exhibitions
- References
- Private collections
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Owusu-Ankomah (24 October 1956 – 6 February 2025) was a leading contemporary African artist with origins in Ghana. His work addresses themes of identity and the body, using his trademark motif of Adinkra symbolism. His work is also "influenced by the art of the Renaissance, handwritten texts from ancient cultures such as the adinkra symbol system of the Akan people of Ghana, Chinese ideograms, and contemporary global cultures." Owusu-Ankomah was a trained artist from Achimota College, near Accra, "established in 1936 and in 1952 incorporated into the University of Science and Technology at Kumasi."
==Early life and education== Owusu-Ankomah was born in 1956 in Sekondi, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). Between 1971 and 1974, he studied at the Ghanatta College of Art in Accra, Ghana.
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