Although the creative industry is broad, with many branches, only a few receive attention and recognition, a situation some critics have described as unfortunate.
Ghana s Lois Arde-Acquah wins 2020 Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art
This year, in spite of the global pandemic, the Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art has held a successful fifth season of its Prize, bringing to the fore compelling creativity and storytelling like never seen before with 266 applications from 14 West African countries.
The KPrize is a bi-annual art competition aiming at identifying, awarding and empowering upcoming and mid-career artists with a vision to globally advance contemporary African Art.
The KPrize Grand Jury made up of seasoned artists, art collectors and art professionals in West Africa; Sonia Lawson (Togo), Director Palais de Lomé, Azu Nwagbogu (Nigeria), Founder and Director of African Artists’ Foundation (AAF); Nu Barretto (Guinea Bissau/France), Award-Winning Artist; Zohra Opoku (Ghana), Award-Winning Artist; kari’k?cha seid’ou (Ghana), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); has identified Lois Arde-Acquah (Ghana), a