Ghanaian artist (born 1985)
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Born 1985 (age 38–39) Education Occupation Artist Known for Afrogallonism
Serge Attukwei Clottey (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist who works across installation , performance , photography and sculpture.[ 1] prevalence of the yellow oil gallons in to consumption and necessity in the life of the modern African .'[ 2] Ghana 's GoLokal , Clottey tries to transform society through art.[ 3]
He is based at Labadi , a suburb of Accra .[ 4]
Early life and education
Clottey was born in Accra in 1985[ 5] [ 6] Accra . He then moved to Brazil where he attended Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais . In 2019 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Art from the University of Brighton .[ 7]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Tribe and Tribulation (2022) sculpture situated at North Greenwich, London2022: Tribe and Tribulation , The Line (art trail) , London, UK[ 8]
2022: Erased Past, Brigade, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022: Gold Falls, Desert X, AlUla, Saudi Arabia
2022: The Bodies Left Behind, Ritz-Carlton South Beach, Miami, FL
2021: Distinctive Gestures, Gallery 1957, London, UK
2021: Beyond Skin, Simchowitz , Los Angeles, CA
2020: Sensitive Balance , GNYP Gallery, Berlin[ 9]
2020: Serge Attukwei Clottey: ADESA WE , Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco[ 10]
2020: Serge Attukwei Clottey: Route s, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles[ 11]
2019: Serge Attukwei Clottey: Sometime in your Life, Lorenzelli arte, Milano
2019: Serge Attukwei Clottey: Solo Chorus , The Mistake Room, Los Angeles[ 12]
2019: Kubatana , Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Oslo[ 13]
2019: Current Affairs , Fabrica, Brighton [ 14]
2018: Everyday Myth: Survival and Sustenance , Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco[ 15]
2018: 360LA , Accra [ 16]
2018: Differences Between , Jane Lombard Gallery, New York City[ 17]
2018: Gallery Takeover , Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai [ 18]
2018: The Displaced , Gallery 1957 at Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2017: Gallery 1957 at Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa
2017: Gallery 1957 at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, NY
2017: Burning in Water w/ Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, New York, NY
2016: My Mother's Wardrobe , Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
2016: Hand to Mouth , Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA
2016: Earthly Conversations , GNYP Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016: Solo presentation w/ Gallery 1957 at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK
2015: The Displaced , Mesler/Feuer, New York, NY
2008: Global Warming (Featured Project), British Council, Accra, Ghana
2008: Portrait of Accra , Junior Art Club Sponsorship, Bristol, UK
Group exhibitions
2022: The Storytellers , Gallery 1957, London, UK
2022 Contemporary African Art , Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2021: La Condition Publique , Roubaix, France
2021: Desert X , Curated by Cesar Garcia and Neville Wakefield, Palm Desert, CA
2021: Kugarisana , Simchowitz at Christie’s Beverly Hills, CA
2021: Materiality , Iziko South Africa National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2020: Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present , Moody Center , Houston [ 19]
2019: Fabrica, Brighton Festival, UK
2019: Tradition Interrupted , Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2019: Stormy Weather , Museum Arnhem , Arnhem [ 20]
2018: Right at the Equator , Depart Foundation, Malibu [ 21]
2018: Art Los Angeles Contemporary w/ Ever Gold [Projects], Los Angeles, CA
2018: Untitled Art Fair , Miami[ 22]
2018: Defying the Narrative: Contemporary Art from West and Southern Africa , Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco[ 23]
2017: Dans Un Ciel Ensoleille , UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Atsala Tsala (A Selection of Contemporary African Art) , Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
2017: Untitled Group Show , Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Group Show , Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa
2016: Practical Common Sense , Chale Wote Street Art Festival, Accra, Ghana
2015: Spielzeiteröffnung 2015: We Don't Contemporary Festival , Hamburg, Germany
2015: What is Matter , Intelligentsia Gallery, Beijing, China
2015: The Silence of Ordinary Things , The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
2014: Colour Unfinished , 27th Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, France
2014: Migration Messages, Collective Realities of African Migration , Werkstätten-nd Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
2014: Global Art Local View , European Monument Day, Mohr- Villa, Münich, Germany
2014: MULTIPOINT , The International Art Symposium, Nitra, Slovakia
2014: African Contemporary Photography , The Auction Room & Ozwald Boateng, London, UK
2014: 4 Masked/Unmasked , DAK’ART - 11th Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain, Dakar, Senegal
2014: ‘Colour Unfinished, Du Bois In Our Time II ,’ University of Amherst
2014: Nubuke Foundation and the Du Bois Centre, Accra, Ghana
2013: Muses , Goethe Institut, Accra, Ghana
2013: Art Speaks , Werkstätten-und Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
2013: Inside The Mosquito Net , Alliance Française, Accra, Ghana
2013: We Are Africa , Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
2012: Time, Trade & Travel , Stedeljik Museum, Amsterdam, Denmark
2012: The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born , Goethe Institut, Accra, Ghana
2012: Alternative Independence Day Celebration, Freedom Tour , Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
2012: Inside The Mosquito Net , Brazil House, Jamestown, Ghana
2011: Cultures in Confluence , Alliance Française & Goethe Institut, Accra, Ghana
2011: Trash To Treasure , Alliance Française & Goethe Institut, Accra, Ghana
2011: Climate Change , Caspar House, Accra, Ghana
2009: Africa Show , African Contemporary Art, Naples, Italy
2008: Untying the Human Spirit , CAN 2008, Goethe Institut, Accra, Ghana
Recognition
In August 2019, Clottey received the award of honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton .[ 24]
Selected bibliography
Jana, Rosalind. “Louise Bourgeois and how old clothes can haunt us” , BBC Style. April 6, 2022.
Jamal, Ashraf. “Beyond Skin? Ashraf Jamal reflects on Serge Attukwei Clottey’s recent solo” , Art Africa Magazine. May 21, 2021.
Keh, Pei-Ru. “Serge Attukwei Clottey on fashion, gender, and unexpected art” , Wallpaper. May 4, 2021.
Fontaine, Pearl. “Serge Attukwei Clottey, from Afrogallonism to Duct Tape Portraiture” , whitewall, April 2021.
Berardini, Andrew. “Dry Goods” , Artforum, April 29, 2021.
Looseleaf, Victoria. “Serge Attukwei Clottey Exploring Issues of Belonging and Place” , Art Now LA, April 17, 2021.
Knight, Christopher. Review: "Desert X has a great big wall. Beyond that, this art biennial feels thin” , Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2021.
Ebert, Grace. “Two Imposing Cubes Covered in Yellow Plastic by Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey Respond to Global Water Insecurity” , Colossal, March 16, 2021.
Quinn Olivar, Amanda. “SERGE ATTUKWEI CLOTTEY” Curator, March, 2021.
Finkel, Jori. “Desert X Artists Dig Beneath the Sandy Surface” , The New York Times, March 12, 2021.
Glentzer, Molly. “Contemporary African artists shine in ‘Radical Revisionists’ show” , Houston Chronicle, January 30, 2021.
Brady, Anna and Carrigan Margaret. “Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in January” , The Art Newspaper, January 6, 2021.
Caldwell, Erica. “To Go Local.” BOMB magazine, August 26, 2019.
Can, Gülnaz. “The Migration of Yellow Plastica Gallons.” Wall Street International Magazine, 29 April 2019.
Donoghue, Katy. “Serge Attukwei Clottey Uses Performance to Address Political, Social, and Local Issues.” Whitewall , 3 April 2019.
Harpers Bazaar Arabia Art (cover), July, 2019.
Donoghoe, Katy. ‘SERGE ATTUKWEI CLOTTEY’S “TIME AFTER TIME” ’ , Whitewall Magazine.
Chase, Dylan. ‘If this jerrycan could talk ’ , Flaunt Magazine.
Gotthardt, Alexxa. ‘Serge Attukwei Clottey Is Creating a Real-Life Yellow Brick Road in Accra ’ , Artsy.
‘In pictures: Follow Ghana's 'yellow-brick road ' , BBC News.
‘Ghanaian artist making art for Facebook HQ from plastic waste ’ , BBC World.
Nnadi, Chioma. ‘This Artist Is Wearing His Mother’s Clothing to Promote Social Change in Ghana ’ , Vogue Magazine.
Frizzell, Nell. ‘Serge Attukwei Clottey: the artist urging African men to dress as Women ’, The Guardian.
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