Education
2001 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Drawing Minor.
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. USA.
1992 Master of Arts, Art Education.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tech, Kumasi, Ghana
1989 Bachelor of Arts, Painting, Drawing Minor.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tech, Kumasi, Ghana
Collections
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York. 2023
Royal Museum of Ontario, Toronto, Canada. 2019.
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Miami, Florida. 2017.
Royal Museum of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2017.
Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Dr. Andrews Private Collection, Accra, Ghana
and various other Private Collections
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Identity, Power, and Reconciliation, Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studios, Buffalo, NY. Juxtaposed personal experiences, historical tropes, and pop culture references in ways that address the complex and nuanced issue of racial reconciliation. Curator: Shirley Verrico.
https://www.buffaloartsstudio.org/events/george-hughes-solo-exhibition/
2022
Moments in Time: Tangents, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY. Images from popular culture mixed with human and animal body parts to interpret with humor the inconsistencies of society. Curators: Skoto Aghahowa and Alix de Serech.
http://gohughes.com/new-gallery-16
2018
The Politics of Identity, Buffalo Arts Studios, Buffalo, NY. Paintings exhibited reflect the history of colonialism and its legacies. Curator: Shirley Verrico.
https://www.buffaloartsstudio.org/2018/02/11/hughes-bottoms-essay/
2017
Urban Allusions, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Survey exhibition of recent paintings and installations. Curator: Paul Nicholson.
https://www.muhlenberg.edu/gallery/pastexhibitions/georgeafedzihughes/
2015
Recent Works, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL. Survey exhibition of recent paintings and installations. Curator: Greg Skaggs.
Collisions [amp], Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Addressed the psychological echoes of cultural deterioration through metaphors populated with vehicles, war machinery, body parts and historical/current iconography. Curator: Elisabeth Samuels.
https://indigoartbuffalo.com/estimates/2015-2/
2014
Crime Dots, Centre des Arts, Contemporains du Quebec, Montreal, Canada. Installation interpreted crime statistics in major cities using color-coded dots to indicate various crime locations.
2013
Collisions, Skoto Gallery, New York City, NY. Paintings and installation: references to war machinery, military uniforms, automobiles, colonial / historical metaphors. Curators: Skoto Aghahowa and Alix de Serech.
https://www.meer.com/en/6277-george-afedzi-hughes-collisions
2012
Muffled Connections, Performing Arts Forum, St Erme, France. Wall installation in the attic of a former 19-century nunnery. The work referenced the emergence of dynamic social media. Materials used were stationery stickers, glue dots, plaster, cobwebs, price labels, photographs, and dust.
2011
Fragments, Buffalo Arts Studio Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Paintings exhibited explore the contingence between violence and reconciliation. Curator: Cori Wolf.
2010
Urban Overtures, Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana. Paintings exhibited contemplate the stridence of urbanization through the use of metropolitan iconography. Curator: Theo Annor Adetu.
Layers, Skoto Gallery, New York City, NY. Paintings with collage elements combining images from disparate sources in order to address the use of violence by humans to solve geo-political conflicts. Curators: Skoto Aghahowa and Alix de Serech.
https://skotogallery.com/george-afedzi-hughes-layers/
Rites of Blue Impediment, Haverford College, Black Box Theater, Haverford, PA. A three day residency organized by Ruti Talmor, Haverford professor and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow. The performance used ritual, sound, ornate props and supporting cast to address subtle methods used by predominant cultural groups to impede the progression of sub-cultural groups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCmyJaiHhE
2009
George Afedzi Hughes, Atrium im Bockreiterzentrum, Herzogenrath, Germany. Paintings exhibited dealt with power relations and the implied violence within such relationships. Curator: Jutta and Joachim Melchers.
Signs & Symbols Collision, The Central University of Nationalities, Beijing, China. The paintings combined imagery from street signs and sociopolitical symbols. Curator: Yao Junjie.
On Guns Redcoats and Everything Else, Influx Contemporary Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal. Paintings referenced the violence of colonial history, drawing parallels between that history and contemporary global conflicts. Curator: Nuno Salgueiro-Lobo.
2007
What you perceive is what you conceive II, Queens University, Belfast, N. Ireland. A performance probing the significance of the irrational in relation to myths that govern our belief systems. Curator: Marushka Svasek
2006
Social Predation, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY. Exhibited paintings depicting notions of power relationships and the implied violence within these relationships. Curator: John Massier.
https://www.hallwalls.org/pubs/74.html
George Hughes: Retrospective Exhibition, Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK. A decade’s (1996-2006) overview of paintings and assemblages. Curator: Jeff Cooper.
New Paintings, Mainsite Contemporary Gallery, Norman, OK. Exhibited works included new mixed media paintings. Curator: Christian Pitt.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/09/13/hughes-art-at-mainsite/62079970007/
Culture, Identity and Beyond, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. Performance art synthesized painting, sound, music, poetry and video. Curator: Anna Jager.
2005
Metaphysics, Carter Arts Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO. Exhibited paintings that investigate the nuance of sensation such as doubt, discomfort and despair in our lives. Curator: Bernadette Torres.
Skin and Essence, Myers Gallery, Living Arts of Tulsa, OK. Paintings explored the human condition in its mockery of contradictions, stereotypes and errors. Curator: Steve Liggett.
Rights of Passage, Myers Gallery, Living Arts of Tulsa, OK. The performance explored the limitations of a boxed-in culture revealed through puppetry, manipulation, mimicry and ritual. Curator: Steve Liggett.
2003
Cosmopolitan, Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana. Paintings exhibited captured the subtleties within multicultural environments experienced over ten years of living abroad. Curator: Ablade Glover.
2002
Symbols and Metaphors, Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK. Paintings exhibited drew parallels between the structural qualities of robots, machines and African sculpture. Curator: Tom Torperzer.
2001
Lineage, Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands. Works on paper (blueprints and vellum) that explored human ancestry. Curator: Jeroen Dijkstra.
2000
Von Ghana nach Amerika (From Ghana to America), Galerie Xenios, Frankfurt, Germany. Paintings and collages that explored contemporary urban life using traditional African sculptural proportions. Curator: Petra de Jung.
Contemporary Urban Life, 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH. Paintings exhibited morphed urban iconography with traditional African sculptures. Curator: Peggy Grant.
Residencies
2016
Artist in Residence, Orebro Art College, Orebro, Sweden. Did mix-media drawings on architectural blueprints.
2014
Artist in Residence, Contemporains du Quebec, Montreal. A generic interpretation of police crime statistics in major cities using color-coded dots to indicate various crime locations
2012
Artist in Residence, Performing Arts Forum, St Erme, France. Wall installation entitled “Muffled Connections” was created in the attic of a former 19-century nunnery. The work referenced the dynamism of social media. Materials used were stationery stickers, glue dots, plaster, cobwebs, price labels, photographs, and dust.
2010
Artist in Residence, Haliburton Forest Art Project, Haliburton ON, Canada. Created an installation Spirit Tangents from materials found on site. Curator: Reinhard Reitzenstein.
Artist in Residence, topic: ‘Look Both Ways,’ Haverford College, Haverford, PA. Curated by Ruti Talmor, Professor and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Haverford College, PA, USA. Performance and slide lecture.
2007
Artist in Residence, topic: ‘Culture, Assimilation and Rejection,’ Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Organized by Dr. Maruska Svasek, School of History and Anthropology, Belfast, North Ireland. Art performance and lecture.
2006
Artist in Residence, topic: ‘Culture, Identity and Beyond, Humboldt, Germany. ’ Invited by Prof. Dr. Susanne Gehrmann, Anna Jager, Sylvia Fiegert, Humboldt University, Department of Asian and African Studies, Berlin, Germany. Painting, performance art, and slide lecture.
Invited Lectures
2023
Invited Artist, Making Accessible: a Panel Discussion and Community Forum, Buffalo Arts Studios, Buffalo (moderator Julia Bottoms, discussion on the social, economic, and physical barriers the artists have experienced)
Invited Artist Workshop, Jump-Start Program, Buffalo Arts Studios, Buffalo, NY. A workshop on autobiographical paintings starting off with collage and oil painting.
2022
Invited Artist, AHI 470 SEM Global Modernisms. Invited by Professor Berin Golonu to speak about my experiences of working and studying in Ghana after President Kwame Nkrumah’s regime.
2020
Invited Artist, Panel Discussion: Contemporary Culture, Contemporary Art. Part of M&T Fourth Friday at Trimain Center. Panelists: Jay Carrier, George Afedzi Hughes, Jodi Lynn Maracle and Sepideh Pourhang. This panel discussion focused on the ways artists are influenced by the intersection of their cultural histories and contemporary experiences.
2018
Artists Talk, The Politics of Identity, Buffalo Arts Studios, Buffalo, NY. Talk given about an exhibition of paintings that reflect the history of colonialism and its legacies.
2016
Artists Talk, Orebro Art College, Orebro, Sweden. Slide Lecture on recent work.
Artists Talk, Hallways Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY. Slide Lecture on recent work.
Art as Visual Contemplation. Global Initiative, University at Buffalo, School of Social Work, Buffalo, NY.
Slide lecture on Ghanaian colonial history as a reflection of global conflicts, a visual art survey
2015
Collisions [amp], Indigo Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Addressed the psychological echoes of cultural deterioration through metaphors populated with vehicles, war machinery, body parts and historical/current iconography.
2010
Guest Speaker, Slide Lecture, Dei Foundation for Contemporary African Art, Accra, Ghana.
Artist Talk, slide lecture.
Visiting Artist, Takoradi Polytechnic, Painting and Sculpture Department, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. Lecture topic: “Contemporary Art Trends: Lesson for Future African Artists”.
2009
Visiting Artist, Speakers Series, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY. Lectured on my creative research overview addressing the relationship between painting and performance art.
Visiting Artist, The Central University of Nationalities, Beijing, China.
2007
Visiting Artist, topic: ‘Journey Through Cultures’, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Chelsea, London, England.
2005
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, OH. Slide lecture, critiques and painting demonstration.
2004
Visiting Artist and Instructor, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK. Two weeks workshop created for the benefit of High school art instructors.
2002 & 2003
Visiting Artist and Instructor, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, OK. Two weeks as painting Instructor for 20 exceptional high school students in the State of Oklahoma.
1999
Visiting Artist, Athena Art Society, Toledo, OH. Slide Lecture on drawings and paintings.
1998
Artists Talk “New Music And Art Festival”. Open Forum at Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, OH. Panel discussion on art and music with composer John Williams, sculptor David Best and painter. Organized and curated by Jacqui Nathan.
Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Painting demonstration, critique and slide lecture.
TWO PERSON Exhibitions
2016
Art Dubai, UAE, exhibition with Nubuke Foundation, Johara BallRoom, Dubai, UAE. Curator:
Kofi Setordji and Odile Tevi.
https://issuu.com/artdubai/docs/ad16_educationguide_issuu
2008
Race Symbiosis, intervened in Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada. A performance that used humor to
present 'race' in the light of appearances, and that racial interdependence has often been overshadowed by the dialogue on racial differences. Collaboration with Geoff Krawczyk.
2006
Diagne Chanel / George Hughes, (dubbed France meets United States), Artco Gallery,
Herzogenrath, Germany. Paintings and drawings exhibited contrasted Diagne Chanel’s
(Senegal/France) sociopolitical works with mine (Ghana/USA). Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Becker, former Director of the Ludwig Forum in Aachen, opened the exhibition.
1998
Painted Gold (Goudkust Geschilderd), Art Museum voor Zuid, Goes, The Netherlands. Kwame Akoto and George Hughes exhibited paintings representing works of two Ghanaian artists. Curator: Petra de Jung.
GROUP Exhibitions
2022
In These Truths, Albright Knox Gallery Northland, Buffalo, NY. Invitational exhibition focused on North American Black contemporary cultural producers. Works challenged preconceived notions of white America and present Black America in all its complexity, grace, struggle, and accomplishment.
Curators: Edreys Wajed, Aitina Fareed-Cooke, and Aaron Ott. https://www.albrightknox.org/news/albright-knox-northland-presents-these-truths
New Shapes from Old Tropes, Cathy & Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY. Invitational exhibition of paintings, sculptures, collages and drawings by artists from the Buffalo area. Curator: John Massier
30th Anniversary Group Show, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY. Curators: Skoto Aghahowa and Alix de Serech. Invitational exhibition.
Rebel Exhibition, Untitled Space, New York City, NY. Juried exhibition featured the work of over 30 international contemporary artists giving their original, boundary-pushing takes on what it means to be a rebel in our contemporary world. Curator: Indira Cesarine.
Gallery Mentors’ Invitational, Hunt Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Invitational exhibition. Featured artists: Frani Evedon, George Afedzi Hughes, Gary L. Wolfe, Steven Siegel, Cindie O’Mara, Gerald Mead. Curator: Christina Buscarino
https://huntartgallery.com/events/event:11-18-2022-6-00pm-gallery-mentors-invitational/
Momentum, Skoto Gallery at Art X Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. Invitational exhibition. ART X Lagos was launched as a dynamic platform to showcase and support the breadth of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. The fair, founded in 2016 by Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, has since become a cornerstone of the African art sector.
Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY. The exhibition featured interpretations of the concept “Strange Figurations” using all media, techniques and figuration. http://www.limnergallery.com/limner/exhibits/strange22/index.htm
2021
2021 National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, MA. Juried exhibition. Works that directly invoke COVID19 and the attendant isolation, innovation, fear, and widespread loss that continues also pose questions: how did this happen, who is responsible, and how and when will it end? Juried by Alice Gray Stites, Museum Director and Chief Curator, 21c Museums.
https://www.cambridgeart.org/2021-national-prize-show/
LINE, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA. Invitational exhibition. Show featuring twenty-four artists using diverse media to explore linearity, expression and identity. Curator: Lisa Austin.
Working Artists Lab: Cecily Brown, UB Arts Collaboratory, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. UB and Buffalo artists, as well as student artists from the Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, created a new mural to adorn the Academy’s walls.
Cadeaux at Resource Art, The Raft of Insanity, Buffalo, NY. Invitational exhibition. Selected works by regional artists. Curators: Emily Tucker and Elisabeth Samuels.
https://www.artsy.net/show/resource-art-cadeaux?sort=partner_show_position
Art X Lagos 2021, Lagos, Nigeria. International invitational exhibition. ART X Lagos was launched as a dynamic platform to showcase and support the breadth of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. The fair, founded in 2016 by Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, has since become a cornerstone of the African art sector.
Verdant, University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Juried exhibition. The theme for this exhibition is the color green and its various shades and tones.
https://www.envisionartshow.com/verdant
Faces, The Art Center, Dover, NH. Juried exhibition. Juror: Juleen Stacy. Curator: Rebecca Proctor.
https://seacoastcurrent.com/see-faces-at-the-art-center-in-dover-nh-this-saturday/
2020
MASS: 2020 Exhibition, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea. Featured artists: Andrea Bagdon, Lesley Bunch, Sihun Cha, Audra Jacot, Suhui Kim, Shahar Kramer, Alicia Little, Chaehyeun Oh, Patrick Price, Youngjoon Song, We-Us-Squared: group members are Andy Krzystek, George Afedzi-Hughes, Ian McCrohan, Lowell Merritt and Ruby Merritt.
https://cicamuseum.com/mass-2020/
FL3TCH3R Exhibit: Social & Political Engaged Art, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN. International juried exhibition focused on socially and politically engaged art.
https://www.fl3tch3rexhibit.com/catalog.html
Figure That! ‘The Human Story’ 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, 3 Square Art Gallery, CO. An Annual juried exhibition. Curator Kumiko McKee.
Made in NY 2020: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY. Annual juried exhibition, which features artwork by artists residing in New York State. Jurors: DeWitt Godfrey and Jaroslava Prihodova.
https://schweinfurthartcenter.org/made-in-ny-2020/
2019
A Focus on Collectors: Jack Edson, Eleven Twenty Projects, Buffalo, NY. A concise survey of the hidden gems of Western New York, collected over the years by passionate and driven individuals.
http://eleventwentyprojects.com/jackedson
2018
The World’s Game: Futbol and Contemporary Art, Perez Museum, Miami, FL. An exploration of the social and political implications of soccer. Curator: Franklin Sirmans.
https://observer.com/2018/04/perez-art-museum-miami-the-worlds-game-attracts-world-cup-fans/
‘So Much More,’ Willard Wankelman Gallery (BGSU Fine Arts Center), OH. An art exhibition in honor of Bernie Casey at his alma mater, Bowling Green State University.
https://events.bgsu.edu/event/so_much_more_ohios_african_american_artists_exhibition
AHA!, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, Annual Hallwalls Auction. Contributed painting entitled “Royal Poker”. Curator: John Massier.
https://www.hallwalls.org/special/5985.html
2017
Selections 2017, Skoto Gallery, New York City, NY.
https://www.skotogallery.com/SPT-0-221-default-Selections-2017
2016
Foot Foraine at La Villette, Paris, France (curator: Jean-Max Colard)
https://www.culture.gouv.fr/en/Actualites/Foot-Foraine-la-Villette-a-l-heure-de-l-Euro-2016
Dakar-Martigny: Hommage A La Biennale D’Art Contemporain, Valais, Suisse, Switzerland. A selection of contemporary African works exhibited at Dak’Art, the largest art Biennial on the African continent.
http://www.manoir-martigny.ch/dakar-martigny.html
Art, Honor, and Ridicule: Asafo Flags from Southern Ghana, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. (curator : Silvia Forni) Commissioned to do two original paintings informed by traditional Fanti flags of the Akan.
2015
Global Topics, Artco Gallery, Aachen, Germany. Featuring Bruce Clark, Godfried Donkor, George Afedzi Hughes, Owusu Ankomah, Manuela Sambo.
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Sabdton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Amid/In WNY, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY. (curators: John Massier, Rebecca Wing, and Kyle Butler) Visual representation of crime statistics in major cities using color-coded tin-caps (roofing discs) to indicate various crime locations.
2014
Contemporary Beirut (Global Art Fair), Artheum, Karantina, Lebanon, Opening date: Wed. May 21st 2014 / 18h-23h Daily until May 31st from 16h till 21h. A showcase of works by “artists from Lebanon, Syria, Armenia, Iran, Japan, Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Indonesia, China, Germany, France & US.
ONE GAME – EVERYWHERE, Artco Gallery, Aachen, Germany. Exhibition included ten
international artists whose work uses sports, specifically football as a metaphor to either critique the negative aspects of the game or its celebratory and unifying qualities. On display were paintings, photographs, sculptures and collages.
Futbol, The Beautiful Game, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. (curator: Franklin Sirmans) The exhibition examines the significance of football in societies around the world, touching on ‘issues of nationalism, identity, globalism and mass spectacle’.
http://www.lacma.org/futbol-artists
2013
West to West, Städtische Galerie, Bremen, Germany. Artists invited by Owusu Ankomah for the show are Godfried Donkor, George Afedzi Hughes, Atta Kwami, Wemega Kwawu, El Loko, Sokari Douglas Camp, Lawson Oyekan and Romuald Hazoume.
http://www.artco-art.com/news/bremen-eintrag_105.html
2012
Aus Afrika, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie, Essen, Germany. Paintings, sculptures and photographs by the following artists: Tété Azankpo, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Saidou Dicko, Godfried Donkor, Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, Romuald Hazoumé, George Afedzi Hughes, Toyin Loye, Owusu-Ankomah, Chéri Samba, Manuela Sambo, Rikki Wemega-Kwawu and Zinkpé.
Moving Into Space: Football and Art in West Africa, National Football Museum, Manchester, England. Contemporary West African artists whose art is inspired by football and its social implications. Curator: Martin Barlow.
http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/whats-on/event/2012/west-african-art/
2011
Buffalo on the Bowery, Charles Bank Gallery, New York, NY. Sixty-eight artists with local ties donated work to the auction, including Rupp, Gregory Halpern, Amanda Besl, A. J. Fries, Megan Greene, Amy Greenan, George Afedzi Hughes, Julian Montague, Reed Anderson, and Jacob Kassay.
Art Lisboa, Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal. Brought together a selection of forty national and international contemporary and modern art galleries, as well as journals and specialized publications.Curator: Ivânia de Mendonça Gallo.
Just One, Artco Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany. Fifty-three artists exhibited one work each of drawings, paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs. Curator: Joachim Melchers.
Les Fantomes, Jack Bell Gallery, London, England. Featuring painting, photography and sculpture. Curator: Jack Bell.
South is the new North, Influx Contemporary Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal. Group show featuring painting, sculpture, photography and video. Curator: Nuno Salgueiro-Lobo.
2010
Arte Lisboa, Pavilhao do Rio of the Lisbon Congress Center, Lisbon, Portugal. Art fair with fortyone national and international contemporary and modern art galleries. Curator: Ivânia de Mendonça Gallo.
100@100: Works of Art by Alumni artists to celebrate BGSU’s Centennial, Bowling Green State University, OH. Twenty-five works by outstanding alumni representing the School’s proudest accomplishments. Curator: Jacqui Nathan.
In & Out of Africa, Henn Art, Galeries Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Exhibition of thirteen artists originally from Africa, working both abroad and in Africa exploring varied artistic styles. Curators: Gerry Belinc, Oliver Henn and Joachim Melchers.
Africa 2.0: Is there a Contemporary African Art?, Influx Contemporary Gallery, Lisbon,
Portugal. Contemporary work from African artists of the Diaspora. Curator: Nuno Salgueiro-Lobo.
2009
Nsoroma, The Dei Center, Accra, Ghana. Exhibition organized by the Dei Centre in memory of the late Professor Joe Nkrumah. Curator: Lyle Ashton.
Homecoming Exhibition, Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana. Invitational group exhibition organized for seven leading Ghanaian expatriate artists practicing abroad. Curators: Kojo Fosu and Ablade Glover.
It’s Never Too Late To Become a Man, Coningsby Gallery, London, England. Works of artists across the Continent of Africa. Curator: Joe Pollitt.
Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa. Art Fair with international galleries representing African artists. Represented by Artco Gallery.
Figure and Form: Explorations of Humanity, M. Rockefeller Arts Center, SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY. Exhibition offered a range of perspectives on the human condition using the human figure as subject matter. Curator: Tina Hastings.
2008
The St. James’s Auction, Rosebury, La Galleria Pall Mall, London, England. Paintings explored inner-city violence through the use of collage, signs, symbols, text and mixed media. Curator: Marcus Grey.
Dialog, Artco Galerie, Herzogenrath, Germany. An exhibition of works by artists of African and European descent exploring stylistic contrast. Curator: Joachim Melchers.
Shrines & Masquerades Live: Indifferentia, Commons Gallery, NYU Steinhardt, New York City, NY. Performance art inspired by the African traditions of shrines and masquerades as well as the negotiation of identity in cosmopolitan America.
Sum-phusis, Black Box Theater, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Address allegorically the seemingly random effects of natural disasters contrasted with events initiated by human beings. Collaboration with UB Assistant Professor Melanie Aceto, Dance & Theater.
2007
Art Fair 21, Cologne Gladbacher Wall 5, Cologne, Germany. 58 distinguished galleries from 10 countries presented a diverse range of 21st century art. Work exhibited: Gold Coast, a painting that chronicles the colonial history of Ghana.
In and Out of Africa, Museum for Art and Ethnography, Schwaz, Austria. An overview exhibition of four contemporary artists: Sokari Douglas Camp (Nigeria/England), Zinpe (Benin/France), George Hughes (Ghana/USA) and Owusu Ankomah (Ghana/Germany).
2005
Multiple Oneness, Park-Art Gallery, New York, NY. Group show celebrating stylistic diversity among artists previously shown at the gallery. Curator: Ken Croken.
2004
Art, Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, OK. Faculty members of The University of
Oklahoma Group show. Presented an installation/performance entitled Ego Transformation/Genome Revelation. Curator: Dr. Andrew Phelan.
Transition, Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra Ghana/ LO/FTF, Copenhagen, Denmark. Traveling exhibition of twelve contemporary artists of Ghana whose work serves as a medium to facilitate visions about the future.
2002
Third National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ. Juried exhibition of forty-four professional artists. Juror: Maria Christian Vallasenor, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NY, USA.
2001
De Kleur Van De Liefde is Blauw (The Color of Love is Blue), The Old Flora Theater, The Hague, The Netherlands. The exhibition sought to promote multicultural activities. An exhibition opened by the Ambassador of Ghana, H. E. Mrs. Grace Amponsah-Ababio and the Mayor of the Hague, Mr. W. Deetman.
The Vibrant Art of Ghana, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands. To mark the third centenary of ties between the Netherlands and present-day Ghana, the Gemeente museum launched an exhibition of Ghanaian art. Three artists Philip Kwame Apagya, Francis Provençal and George Hughes represented contemporary Ghanaian art. Curator: Franz Kaiser.
Menschenbilder (People Pictures), Society for Technical Cooperation, Eschborn, Germany. Six artists from partner countries Mexico, Bangladesh, Poland, Ghana, Indonesia and Nigeria show GTZ (Society for Technical Cooperation) estimation, personal views and visions on man.
U vraagt ..Wij draaien?!? (You ask….We twist), Artoteek Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. International group of artists, exhibition juried by Totie Cronin, Sietse van der Hoek, Remy Jungeraman, John Menke, Karin Moor and Mildred Rambhajan.
Exposicion Binacional Arte, Paraguay, Paraguayo- Americano, curated by Felix Alvarez.
Goudkust Geschilderd, Museum voor Zuid-en Noord-Beveland, Goes, Germany. Curated by Dr. Maruska Svasek.
1998
Exposite Kuana, Cirkel Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. An exhibition on contemporary Ghanaian art with the works of the following artists: Wiz Kudowor, Amon Kotei, George Hughes, Ablade Glover, E. Krotei Tetteh, Rikki Wemega Kwamu, Tafa Fiadzigbe, Victor Odoi.
Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Ghana (Contemporary Art from Ghana), Galerie Xenios, Frankfurt, Germany. Contemporary art from Ghana showing the diversity of styles by participating artists. Curator: Petra de Jung.
New Music and Art, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, OH. Invitational compendium of documentary photographs, paintings, videos and art vehicles manifested through radically embellished and augmented automobiles. Curator: Jacqueline Nathan.
Toledo Area 78th Annual Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH. Juried annual area artists’ exhibition. Work exhibited: Current Affairs, painting triptych addressing political turbulence.
Hedendaagse Schilderkunst uit Ghana (Contemporary Painting from Ghana), Maison Descartes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ten leading Ghanaian artists both home and abroad exhibited their most recent works. Curator: Petra de Jung.