Lois Selasie Arde - Acquah
Lois Selasie Arde - Acquah (b. 1992) is a Ghanaian artist living and working in Ghana. She creates hand drawings of her intricate monochrome patterns on various surfaces such as paper, canvas, etc. to explore the relationship between repetitive actions and their impact on the mind and the body. Her initial process of hand drawings with black markers has evolved into cutting out these patterns from black synthetic leathers into creating something that seems sculptural.
Arde - Acquah’s works have shown in group exhibitions “The gown must go to Town” (2015) “Cornfields in Accra” (2016) and “Orderly disorderly” (2017) all organized by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi. Together with Kathleen Bomani, Lebohang Kganye, Sheila Natiende and a few others, she partook in a performative group installation in 2017 titled Nathi. Aha. Sasa curated by a German - Ghanaian artist/curator Zohra Opoku in Wiener Festwochen, Vienna - Austria. In 2009, she performed in “Palimpsest” an all-female, multidisciplinary group exhibition at Gallery 1957, Accra – Ghana.
In 2020, she was named the recipient of the Kuenyehia Art Prize for Contemporary art. The following year, she became a featured artist in the Young Generation Artists (YGA) program presented by the Nubuke Foundation. In that same year, her works were featured in an exhibition titled 'About Now #1' in Galarie Cecile Fakhoury in Dakar, Senegal. Her achievements continued in 2022 when she was recognized as one of the top 10 finalists for the ACCESS ART X PRIZE. During that year, her work was also showcased in TSA Magazine’s Collector’s Series, which focused on artists and cities. In 2023, she secured her position as the winner of the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize for the third edition. Additionally, she was shortlisted for the Dubai Calligraphy Biennale within that year. In 2024, she took part in ‘Constellations – Part 1: Figures on Earth & Beyond’, followed by ‘Constellations Part 2: Ripples in Webs and Space’, exhibiting at Gallery 1957 in London and Accra, respectively. Later that year, She presented her solo exhibition, ‘Echoes of Mundane Mindfulness’ at Gallery 1957, Accra. The following year, she participated in an all – female group exhibition titled 'The Writing’s on the Wall' at SCCA in Tamale. Arde - Acquah obtained her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts (2018) with a major in Painting at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
Arde - Acquah’s works have shown in group exhibitions “The gown must go to Town” (2015) “Cornfields in Accra” (2016) and “Orderly disorderly” (2017) all organized by blaxTARLINES, Kumasi. Together with Kathleen Bomani, Lebohang Kganye, Sheila Natiende and a few others, she partook in a performative group installation in 2017 titled Nathi. Aha. Sasa curated by a German - Ghanaian artist/curator Zohra Opoku in Wiener Festwochen, Vienna - Austria. In 2009, she performed in “Palimpsest” an all-female, multidisciplinary group exhibition at Gallery 1957, Accra – Ghana.
In 2020, she was named the recipient of the Kuenyehia Art Prize for Contemporary art. The following year, she became a featured artist in the Young Generation Artists (YGA) program presented by the Nubuke Foundation. In that same year, her works were featured in an exhibition titled 'About Now #1' in Galarie Cecile Fakhoury in Dakar, Senegal. Her achievements continued in 2022 when she was recognized as one of the top 10 finalists for the ACCESS ART X PRIZE. During that year, her work was also showcased in TSA Magazine’s Collector’s Series, which focused on artists and cities. In 2023, she secured her position as the winner of the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize for the third edition. Additionally, she was shortlisted for the Dubai Calligraphy Biennale within that year. In 2024, she took part in ‘Constellations – Part 1: Figures on Earth & Beyond’, followed by ‘Constellations Part 2: Ripples in Webs and Space’, exhibiting at Gallery 1957 in London and Accra, respectively. Later that year, She presented her solo exhibition, ‘Echoes of Mundane Mindfulness’ at Gallery 1957, Accra. The following year, she participated in an all – female group exhibition titled 'The Writing’s on the Wall' at SCCA in Tamale. Arde - Acquah obtained her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts (2018) with a major in Painting at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.