ABOUT

“I want African art to be looked at with pride.” Ken Gwira.

Ken Gwira is a sculptor born in Takoradi, Ghana and has been carving for four decades. His early education took him from Freetown, Sierra Leone to England and back to Ghana where in 1979, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Ancient History and Study of Religions.

He has had solo exhibitions at the American Center USAID in Accra, Ghana  and Centre Culturel Française in Abidjan, La Côte D’Ivoire.

Group exhibitions showcased his work at the Smithsonian National Miseum of African Art in Washington D.C. then recently 2023 at the Nubuke Foundation in Accra.

He’s been featured in several media including the following:

— Article in West Africa magazine

— Article in Balafon, the in-flight magazine of Air Afrique

— Interviewed by the BBC

— Interviewed by the Voice of America

— Published in 2004 – 2005 edition of the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals.

Gwira is also a talented poet. One of his poems: “Message of The Tree,” which was written to compliment one of his carvings: Images of My Mind, is published in Echoes of Yesterday by the National Library of poetry, USA.

When it comes to women’s empowerment, Gwira is not to be left out. He’s on social media with the video and song: Yoo (Woman)

CONTACT: ken@moodsinwoods.com