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Nando Kwabena Nkrumah (born 1979 in Kumasi, Ghana) is a German-Ghanaian artist.

Life
Nando Nkrumah was born to Beate Nkrumah (nee Kunz) and Josef Nkrumah. He first studied Industrial Design at the University of Essen (today Folkwang University) and the National University of Singapore and then at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where he deepened his knowledge of the techniques of 3D graphics, drawing and digital painting. Today he lives and works in Cologne.

Work
His work is characterized by the fact that the artist fuses traditional and modern environments, symbols and architecture in his visual works in order to create futuristic and utopian spaces of accessibility. For this purpose, the artist uses both traditional techniques such as drawing and painting, as well as digital technologies such as Augmented Reality and Animation.

Exhibitions

 * 2009, La Mercè Festival, Barcelona, Light Painting (live)
 * 2010, Soul Food, Cologne, Painting group exhibition with Stephen Lawson
 * 2015, Polymorphosis, Cologne, Art of Buna, solo exhibition
 * 2016, Into the Light, Accra, Chale Wote Art Festival
 * 2019, ARbotage No. 1, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (selbst-initiiert), Augmented-Reality-Intervention
 * 2019, Jamestown ARbotage, Accra, Chale Wote Art Festival – Augmented-Reality-Intervention
 * 2020, Conversations, Cologne, Rauthenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Mixed-Media-Intervention
 * 2022, The Powerhouse, Kunstmuseum Bonn and KNUST-Museum Kumasi with Arxafrica
 * 2023, This is not only hi(s) story. This is Our Story, Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, Multi-Media-Intervention

Web Links
Website by Nando Nkrumah RBB Kultur Radio-Interview Instagram-Profil