Serge Attukwei Clottey, performance, 2015, image courtesy artist
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Born in 1985
Lives & works in Accra, Ghana
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Private Collections : Modern Forms, UK; Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana; Seth Dei Foundation, Accra, Ghana; The World Bank Collection, Washington D.C.;
Collected by museums and foundations
Presentation of the artist
Serge Attukwei Clottey (b. 1985) is known for his work that examines the powerful agency of everyday objects. Working across installation, performance, photography and sculpture, Clottey explores narratives of personal, family and collective histories often relating to trade and migration. Based in Accra and working internationally, Clottey, the creator of Afrogallonism, an artistic concept that comments on consumption within modern Africa through the utilization of yellow gallon containers.
Through cutting, drilling, stitching and melting found materials, Clottey’s sculptural installations are bold assemblages that act as a means of inquiry into questions of form and history. As the founder of Ghana’s GoLokal performance collective, Clottey sees art as a way to transform society. With aspects of activism prevalent in his practice, his works challenge convention and advocate the importance of creativity. In August 2019 Clottey received the award of Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton.
Nationality : Ghana
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CV
Born in Ghana
Education
2007
Escola Guignard 2006 – 2007, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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2004
Ghanatta College of Art and Design , 2000 - 2004, Accra - Ghana
Solo exhibitions & presentations
2019
Current Affairs, Fabrica, Brighton, UK
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2018
360LA, Accra, Ghana
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2018
Depart foundation, Malibu, California USA
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2018
Gallery 1957 ’’Takeover’’ Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai
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2018
Defying the Narrative Ever gold Projects, San Francisco, USA
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2017
Dans Un Ciel Ensoleille, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles
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2017
Astala Tsala, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
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2016
Hand to Mouth, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco
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2016
10th year anniversary exhibition, Nubuke Foundation, Accra
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2016
My Mother's Wardrobe, Gallery 1957, Accra
CV
Group exhibitions & fairs
2019
KUBATANA, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, 4 May - September
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2017
Group Show, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles
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2016
Earthly Coversations, GNYP Gallery, Berlin
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2016
Practical Common Sense, Chale Wote Street Art Festival, Jamestown, Accra
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2016
Hand to Mouth, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco
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2015
The Displaced, Feuer/Mesler, New York
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2015
Silence Of An Ordinary Things, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, California
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2015
What is Matter, Intelligentsia Gallery, Beijing, China
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2015
We Don’t Contemporary, Kampnagel Hamburg, Germany
Press & media
Presse
2016
The Guardian - Serge Attukwei Clottey: the artist urging African men to dress as women
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