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Serge Attukwei Clottey
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Accra, Ghana
Education
OccupationArtist
Known forAfrogallonism

Serge Attukwei Clottey (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist who works across installation, performance, photography and sculpture.[1] He is the creator of Afrogallonism, an artistic concept, which he describes as 'an artistic concept to explore the relationship between the prevalence of the yellow oil gallons in regards to consumption and necessity in the life of the modern African.'[2] As the founder of Ghana's GoLokal, Clottey tries to transform society through art.[3]

He is based at Labadi, a suburb of Accra.[4]

Early life and education

Clottey was born in Accra in 1985[5] and started exhibiting his works around 2003.[6] He was educated at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design in Accra. He then moved to Brazil where he attended Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais. In 2019 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Art from the University of Brighton.[7]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Tribe and Tribulation (2022) sculpture situated at North Greenwich, London

Group exhibitions

Recognition

In August 2019, Clottey received the award of honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton.[24]

Selected bibliography

Jana, Rosalind. “Louise Bourgeois and how old clothes can haunt us”, BBC Style. April 6, 2022.

Jamal, Ashraf. “Beyond Skin? Ashraf Jamal reflects on Serge Attukwei Clottey’s recent solo”, Art Africa Magazine. May 21, 2021.

Keh, Pei-Ru. “Serge Attukwei Clottey on fashion, gender, and unexpected art”, Wallpaper. May 4, 2021.

Fontaine, Pearl. “Serge Attukwei Clottey, from Afrogallonism to Duct Tape Portraiture”, whitewall, April 2021.

Berardini, Andrew. “Dry Goods”, Artforum, April 29, 2021.

Looseleaf, Victoria. “Serge Attukwei Clottey Exploring Issues of Belonging and Place”, Art Now LA, April 17, 2021.

Knight, Christopher. Review: "Desert X has a great big wall. Beyond that, this art biennial feels thin”, Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2021.

Ebert, Grace. “Two Imposing Cubes Covered in Yellow Plastic by Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey Respond to Global Water Insecurity”, Colossal, March 16, 2021.

Quinn Olivar, Amanda. “SERGE ATTUKWEI CLOTTEY” Curator, March, 2021.

Finkel, Jori. “Desert X Artists Dig Beneath the Sandy Surface”, The New York Times, March 12, 2021.

Glentzer, Molly. “Contemporary African artists shine in ‘Radical Revisionists’ show”, Houston Chronicle, January 30, 2021.

Brady, Anna and Carrigan Margaret. “Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in January”, The Art Newspaper, January 6, 2021.

Caldwell, Erica. “To Go Local.” BOMB magazine, August 26, 2019.

Can, Gülnaz. “The Migration of Yellow Plastica Gallons.” Wall Street International Magazine, 29 April 2019.

Donoghue, Katy. “Serge Attukwei Clottey Uses Performance to Address Political, Social, and Local Issues.” Whitewall, 3 April 2019.

Harpers Bazaar Arabia Art (cover), July, 2019.

Donoghoe, Katy. ‘SERGE ATTUKWEI CLOTTEY’S “TIME AFTER TIME”’, Whitewall Magazine.

Chase, Dylan. ‘If this jerrycan could talk’, Flaunt Magazine.

Gotthardt, Alexxa. ‘Serge Attukwei Clottey Is Creating a Real-Life Yellow Brick Road in Accra’, Artsy.

‘In pictures: Follow Ghana's 'yellow-brick road', BBC News.

‘Ghanaian artist making art for Facebook HQ from plastic waste’, BBC World.

Nnadi, Chioma. ‘This Artist Is Wearing His Mother’s Clothing to Promote Social Change in Ghana’, Vogue Magazine.

Frizzell, Nell. ‘Serge Attukwei Clottey: the artist urging African men to dress as Women’, The Guardian.

References

  1. ^ AsiwomeWrites. "5 Contemporary Artists in Ghana". AsiwomeWrite.Com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Afrogallonism". Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Afrogallonism". Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ Mueller, Baerbel (10 April 2017). [APPLIED] FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Investigating spatial phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa. Birkhäuser. ISBN 978-3-0356-0878-6.
  5. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey: 'My body is part of my work's mystery'". Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ "CV". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ^ "CV". Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Tribe and Tribulation, 2022". The Line. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey – Sensitive Balance". GNYP Gallery. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey / ADESA WE / January 11 – February 29, 2020". Ever Gold [Projects]. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Routes". The Mistake Room. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Solo Chorus". The Mistake Room. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  13. ^ "KUBATANA. An Exhibition with Contemporary African Artists". Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Current Affairs: Serge Attukwei Clottey". Fabrica. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey / Everyday Myth: Survival and Sustenance / April 7 – May 26". Ever Gold [Projects]. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  16. ^ "360 LA Art Exhibition by Serge Attukwei Clottey". Classic Ghana. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Serge Attukwei Clottey: Differences Between". Jane Lombard Gallery. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Gallery Takeover by Gallery 1957 from Accra, Ghana". Lawrie Shabibi Gallery. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present". Moody Center. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Stormy Weather". Museum Arnhem. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Right at the Equator". Depart Foundation. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Fairs". Gallery 1957. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Defying the Narrative: Contemporary Art from West and Southern Africa / September 8 – October 27". Ever Gold [Projects]. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  24. ^ "The importance of hope in difficult times". University of Brighton. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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