education
master of fine arts
kwame nkrumah university of science and technology
2024
bachelor of arts (information studies with economics)
university of ghana
2014
diploma (beginner spanish)
ghana institute of languages
2009
residencies
2026–2027 — hodder fellowship, princeton university (upcoming)
2025 — part residency, vienna
2023 — defunct context residency, cape town
2022 — defunct context residency, cape town
grants
2016 — magnum emergency fund
awards
2019 — foam paul huf award
invited workshops
2017 — world press photo foundation masterclass, accra
2016–2018 — the photographers’ masterclass
• khartoum (2016)
• nairobi (2017)
• johannesburg (2018)
2016 — nuku studio photography workshops, accra
lectures, talks & conversations
2025 — on the job: learning, living, programming
blaxtarlines, kumasi
2025 — on the job: learning, living, programming
university of applied arts, vienna
2025 — on the job: learning, living, programming
the royal academy of art, kbk, den haag
2024 — perception, perspective and the narrative image
pratt institute, new york
2024 — reprogramming photography with the things that are left hanging in the air
conversation with lyle ashton harris, magnum photos, new york
2018 — art talk with eric gyamfi
the studio, accra
professional experience
2020 — research intern, center for plant medicine research, mampong-akuapem, ghana
2018 — co–organizer, portrait ghana competition (with nuku studio)
2015 — assistant to photographer francis nii obodai provençal
select exhibitions
2026
mapping rumours: a cartographer’s guide
settled as part of the '“sedimentations” mulhouse photography biennial (upcoming)
certain winds from the south
african film institute / e-flux screening room, brooklyn, new york (upcoming)
certain winds from the south
blaxtarlines kumasi, venice biennale, italy (ongoing)
just like us
exposure: black queer visual constellation, cohen gallery at brown university, providence (ongoing)
stomata: dr. mahashe’s open frames
59th carnegie international, usa (ongoing)
ominous music playing
kunstraum lakeside, klagenfurt, austria (upcoming)
flowers for rebecca
diriyah biennale, saudi arabia
2025
certain winds from the south
notes on friendship: breaking bread, ncai x scca tamale, nairobi
certain winds from the south
“kɔηsεt pāti”, accra
2024
certain winds from the south
74th berlinale – forum expanded, berlin
certain winds from the south
new york african film festival, new york
certain winds from the south
library of africa and the african diaspora (loatad), accra
certain winds from the south
project space, kumasi
certain winds from the south
pa gya literary festival, accra
certain winds from the south
quff, accra
certain winds from the south
berlinale spotlight, unimac ift, accra
wandering through bern on a new day
punya 2.0, kunsthalle bern, switzerland
2023
three shadows remembering light
in and out of time, gallery 1957, accra
teak atlas: the situation in ljubljana
ljubljana biennale for graphic arts
certain winds from the south
savannah center for contemporary art (scca), tamale
certain winds from the south
foundation for contemporary art, accra
certain winds from the south
nuku studio, tamale
female chiefs of dagbon: a retrospective
nuku studio, tamale
fixing shadows: julius and i
autograph abp, london
teak atlas: from where do we begin
worldmaking, mitchell-innes & nash, new york
teak atlas: from where do we begin
ecologies of elsewhere, contemporary arts center, cincinnati
what’chu looking at? who you speaking with?
valletta, malta
certain winds from the south
african film festival, new york
2022
teak atlas: from where do we begin
a different now is close enough to exhale on you, cape town
teak atlas: from where do we begin
tracing emerging ecologies, tamale
untitled rumors
ifa galerie, stuttgart
2021
the things that are left hanging in the air like a rumor
vienna biennale
trade winds and shadow objects; north by south east
redclay studio, tamale
just like us
family affairs: family in current photography, hamburg
the things that are left hanging in the air like a rumor
mampon-akuapem, ghana
2020
just like us
fotofest biennale — african cosmologies, texas
2019
fixing shadows: julius and i
foam museum, amsterdam
fixing shadows: julius and i
bamako encounters biennale, mali
africa state of mind
museum of the african diaspora, san francisco
a certain bed
foam talent exhibitions (frankfurt, london, brooklyn)
2018
a certain bed
foam next door, amsterdam
just like us
africa state of mind, nottingham
present futures
photoville, new york
just like us: drama queens
nubuke foundation, accra
just like us: windows and mirrors study
afrikamuseum, netherlands
2017
just like us: constellations
goethe institut, johannesburg
call and response
alice austen museum, new york
witches of gambaga
kuenyehia prize exhibition, accra
memory and amnesia: in the presence of absent futures
knust prempeh library, kumasi
2016
just like us
magnum foundation open house, new york
asylum
modestedets gallery, denmark
witches of gambaga
san jose foto festival, uruguay
urban nomads
addis photo festival, ethiopia
urban nomads
nubuke foundation, accra
asylum
lagosphotofestival, nigeria
2015
portraits of independence
walewale islamic school library, ghana
pride photo exhibition
oudekerk, amsterdam
contestations
gwanza photo month, harare
2014
silenced voices (video installation with derek demeri)
rutgers university, new jersey
select publications
2025
mapping rumours: a cartographer’s guide
true photo journal
2024
new perspectives: contemporary art from ghana
elisabeth prah & bernard akoi-jackson
photography – a queer history
flora dunster & theo gordon
2023
aperture magazine — accra issue
2021
architectural review — “just like us”
ecologies and politics of the living — billie macternan
ssense — “looking good”
2020
morder-n issue 2
de volkskrant
african cosmologies: photography, time and the other
schilt publishing
africa state of mind
thames & hudson
2019
lensculture
british journal of photography
2018
foam talent issue 52
contemporary and (c&)
2017
the new york times
world press photo
elephant magazine
aperture
2016
time magazine
bbc
the guardian
design indaba
feature shoot
pdn
magnum photos
collaborations
moses sumney — aromanticism and græ album covers and booklets
pureakan — music covers/editorial
center for plant medicine research — common medicinal plants of ghana (book/monograph)
poetra asantewaa — someone birthed them broken (book cover)
martin egblewogbe — the waiting (book cover)
dj yamz — 27 in accra (album cover)
dr. ellie gore — between hiv prevention and lgbti rights (book cover)
essays
2026 — to the crossroads: on ecstasy and unfinished business
in rotimi fani-kayode: tranquility of communion
wexner center for the arts (upcoming)
workshops
perception, perspective and the narrative image — pratt institute
photosynthesis — redclay studio, tamale
accra deaf hangout — hands-on academy, accra
a brief history of time — ussher fort, accra
impact queer photography workshop — accra
kabawil children photography workshop — fca accra
the good tree workshop — photography/optics for girls