Residencies | Gallery 1957

CURRENT
Nana Bruce
June 2022 - January 2023
Ebenezer Nana Bruce is a figurative and portrait artist born in 1988. He lives and works in Accra, Ghana. After graduating from Ghanatta College of Art and Design in 2012, he has been practicing as a full-time artist, experimenting with tools and materials, and investigating, researching and experiencing the life behind the spirited crowds and individuals around him. By doing so, he unearths the latest trends in his country, identifies the topics he would like to address, and paints a picture of contemporary Ghanaian society.
Artists
Tiffanie Delune
January - April 2023
Gallery 1957 is pleased to announce the representation of Tiffanie Delune.

Delune is a Paris-born visual artist of French, Belgo-Congolese heritage, living in Lisbon, Portugal. Delune’s multimedia practice, which includes multilayered pieces on cotton canvas, loose linen and works on paper, incorporates acrylic, oil pastels, papercuts, glitter and threads to explore childhood, memory and the magic of storytelling.

We look forward to holding a solo exhibition with her in 2023, in Accra.
Rita Mawuena Benissan
January - March 2023
Gallery 1957 is pleased to welcome Rita Mawuena Benissan to our residency program.

Benissan focuses on traditional royal umbrellas used in Ghanaian chieftaincy. She takes a multi-disciplinary approach by recreating umbrellas in collaboration with traditional makers while also creating an archive based research of Ghanaian chieftaincy through visualizations called Si Hene. Through this she is reimagining the umbrellas as a symbol of power symbol of Ghanaian royal identity.

We look forward to her upcoming solo exhibition later this year, curated by Ekow Eshun.
Daniel Arnan Quarshie
December 2022 - April 2023
Gallery 1957 is pleased to welcome Daniel Quarshie to our residency program.

Quarshie uses his artistic practice to redefine the drawing medium through charcoal on plywood, paper and canvas. He strives for the medium to be honoured with the same mastery as painting and sculpture. The artist explores memory and experience as a point of departure in engaging social and political themes.

The artist is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana.
Artists
Godfried Donkor
September 2022 - April 2023
Godfried Donkor is a British-Ghanaian mixed-media artist interested in the socio-historical relationships of Africa and Europe. Born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1964, Donkor left at the age of eight, growing up mostly in England then living and studying in Spain from 1990-1992, before completing a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London and an MA in African Art History at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.

Donkor's work is included in international collections such as: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Smithsonian Museum of African Art - Washington D.C; Studio Museum, Harlem; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Spanish Sports Council Collection; National Collection of Senegal; University of Helsinki; and National Gallery of Botswana.

He lives and works across London, UK and Accra, Ghana.
Past

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