eric gyamfi (b. 1990, ghana) is a photographer/artist, living and working in ghana. eric holds a b.a in information studies with economics from the university of ghana (2014) and an mfa from the department of painting and sculpture, kwame nkrumah university of science and Technology (2024 ). gyamfi, was also a fellow at the photographers’ master class (khartoum, sudan 2016 and nairobi, kenya 2017, johannesburg, south africa 2018), participated in the nuku studio photography workshops (2016) and world press photo west african master class (2017), both in accra.
his work has been featured in a diagnosis of time: unlearn what you have learned (redclay studio, tamale, ghana 2021), ecologies and politics of the living (vienna biennale, 2021), the 11th and 12th bamako encounters (musée national du mali/mémorial modibo kéita, 2017/2019), foam 2019/2020, autograph abp, 2023, the 74th berlinale international film festival (forum expanded, betonhalle, silent green, arsenal —institute for film and video art– 1& 2, 2024), the new york african film festival (brooklyn academy of music 2023, the africa centre 2024), punya 2.0 (kunsthallbern, switzerland, 2024), kɔηsεt pāti (accra, ghana, 2025), diriyah biennale (riyadh, 2026), the ongoing 59th carnegie international and others.
gyamfi’s work takes the photographic medium as a primary focus, examining and reprogramming its processes and materials to expand their functionality.