Announcing Florine Demosthene as Gallery 1957's latest artist in residence

Gallery 1957 are pleased to announce a four month residency with mixed-media artist Florine Demosthene, beginning Thursday 2 November 2017. This will be followed by a solo show of new works at Gallery 1957 I in February 2018, marking the artist’s first exhibition in Ghana.

Demosthene's work explores themes surrounding race and gender, the artist uses her own identity to re-evaluate the socio-political structures and conditions that surround black female sexuality and physicality today.

28 Jun 2021