Bright Tetteh Ackwerh
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Bright Ackwerh | |
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| Born | Bright Tetteh Ackwerh |
| Known for | Visual Art, Painting |
| Awards | Kunyehia Prize for Contemporary Ghanaian Art |
Bright Tetteh Ackwerh is a Ghanaian satirical artist who employs the domains of popular art, street art, painting, and illustration to voice and document his persuasions. He has exhibited widely in Ghana and West Africa, building a niche as an emerging contemporary Ghanaian artist on the West African art scene.[1]
Born in Accra, Ghana, Bright attended Accra Academy and studied Visual Arts for his senior high school education, before proceeding to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to study for BFA and MFA degrees in painting.[2] He completed his first degree in 2011 and served as a teaching assistant the following year.
Career
He began by exhibiting his artworks via social media and also painting on wall murals in the streets of Accra. He has featured in many art exhibitions in Ghana and abroad. Some these include: Art X Lagos Exhibition in Nigeria,[3] blockbuster exhibitions by Blaxtarlines in Kumasi and the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra.
In 2016, he won the Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Ghanaian Art at an event held at the Ringway Estates in Accra.[4][5] Bright has through the years used social media in sharing his works and provoking powerful sentiments around the themes he explores in his illustrations and paintings.
He has also participated in group shows in Accra, Paris, Johannesburg and Los Angeles. In October 2017 he featured in the October edition of CNN African Voices.[6] He was also on the Barclays L'Atelier Art Competition's 2017 list of top 10 artists.[7][8][9]