Ofoe Amegavie

Ofoe Amegavie is a Ghanaian photographer with a passion for all things cultural and spiritual in human societies. Over the years he has created his own unique style by applying a curious approach and a spiritual perspective to portraying his culture and heritage through an intimate insight into everyday encounters.

“Throughout history, humans have always left behind stories about the time in which they lived. As time moves on, it is what we see or what we don’t see that defines our understanding of our existence here on earth. My work seeks to inhabit a space and time that only my vision can define.”

Exhibitions

• Refractions Exhibition by Nuku, Tamale Ghana (2023)

• First iteration of ‘Black Gaze Black Bodies, Atlanta USA (2023)

• “Between Sand and Water; Sunken lands Installation, Goethe Institut Ghana (2023)

• “Between Sand and Water; Sunken lands, Ghana (2023)

• “After The Road Makers” at THE YAAM, Germany (2022)

• “The Motherland” at Mhoseenu Design Studio (2022)

• “Between Sand & Water Exhibition, WorldPress West African Visual Journalism Fellowship, (2019-2020)

• “After The Road Makers” at African PhotoJournalism Database Photo Exhibition organised by World Press Photo, Oldenburg Germany (2020)

• “Susuma Sane” at Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Ghanian Art (2019)

• “After the Road Makers” at Nuku Photo Festival Ghana (2018)

• “Susuma Sane” at Lokko House (2017)

• “Susuma Sane” at Alliance Francaise Accra (2014)

Residencies

• Hangar Artist in Residency Lisbon Portugal (January 2024)

• “Serigraphy: A photographer's printmaking exploration” Akutso Artist-In-Residence (2021-2022)

Awards

• Shortlisted for Kuenyehia Prize Trust for Contemporary Ghanian Art (2018)

Fellowships

• West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship, World Press Photo (2019-2020).

Print Publications

• Voices: Ghana’s Artist’s In Their Own Words, Published by Manu Journal and 24°36° Publishers, 2023

• “The Motherland” - The Purist Zine. Published by Ofoe Amegavie, 2022

• There's Light: Artworks & Conversations Examining Black Masculinity, Identity & Mental Well-being. Publish by Glenn Lutz - July 12, 2022

• “12 o’clock in Accra “ (Fader Magazine print issue119, 2019)

Features

• A ‘Cross-Fertilization of Ideas’: El Anatsui on the Growing Spotlight on Non-Western Art and Bringing Up the Next Generation of Ghana’s Art Stars - Artnet (2023)

• I swam down Ghana’s Volta River for 40 days to show the real cost of cheap clothes - The Guardian, (2023)

• Into The Volta, How Yvette Tetteh Challenged Ghana’s Textile Waste Crisis With a Swimming Expedition - Okay Africa, (2023)

• Sunken Forests of The Volta Lake - Published by The Or Foundation (2023)

• Beyond The Frames by Bôhten (2021)

• Amoako Boafo for Flaunt Magazine (2021)

• PhMuseum’s Top 14 Graduates to watch in 2021

• James Barnor, Through the Lens of the New Generation, Serpentine Magazine (2021)

• Amoako Boafo for Wall Street Magazine Publication (2020)

• Vlisco & co Talents

• The Sea Took the Lands at Ada – And Then, the Corporations Came (New Dawn, 2019)

• “12 o’clock in Accra “ (Fader Magazine print issue119, 2019)

• “DJ Steloo's latest work looks to the ocean for inspiration” (Design Indaba, 2019)

• “Ofoe Amegavie & Caleb Aryee exhibition to launch new Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art space” (Livefmghana.com, 2019)

• “Ghana’s first photo festival opens 12-21 September” (BJP, 2018)

• “Under the Ghanian Sun” (High Fashion Living, 2017)

• “Enjoy the Beauty of Traditional Ghanaian Festivals in This Exclusive Photo Series” (Highsnobiety, 2016)

• “The Young and Beautiful Faces of Accra” (Hunger TV, 2016)

• “Photographer Ofoe Amegavie captures the beauty of Ghana’s iconic festivals” (Design Indaba, 2016)

• “Four talents to watch on Accra’s indie art scene” (Design Indaba, 2015)

• “Photoscapes in Accra: Ofoe Amegavie Speaks” (Africaisnotacountry.com, 2014)

• “Focus In; Digital Storytellers: Daniel Cole Ofoe Amegavie” (Africology, 2014)