Wiz Kudowor

Was born in Accra, Ghana in 1957. He is one of Ghana’s most favourite artists and has won many prizes including the Osaka Triennale Bronze Prize and the Ghana Airways Silver Jubilee Art Contest.

Wiz is a member of Artists Alliance Gallery, his work is presented in a number of international collections including the Ministry of Culture, Peoples Republic of China, African-American National Museum, Texas, USA and Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Accra Ghana. Wiz Kudowor was commissioned to design and execute several public works in Ghana, including the relief mural at Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, a distinguished monument to some of the most important leaders of this nation.

His work reflects the modern African environment and the identity. The African symbols are the points of reference across which the artist visualizes a whole world of images. He also explores elements of his cultural background using visual language inspired by African symbolic imagery and mythology dating back to ancient Egypt.

Works

Wiz Kudowor, Esoteric Planes V, 2008
Esoteric Planes V
2008, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 140 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Esoteric Realm, 2007
Esoteric Realm
2007, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 140 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Paradox of Change, 2007
Paradox of Change
2007, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Transition II, 2012
Transition II
2012, Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 120 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Creation, 2006
Creation
2006, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Seek III, 2011
Seek III
2011, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Panels of thought, 2011
Panels of thought
2011, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Unending Journeys III, 2012
Unending Journeys III
2012, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
Wiz Kudowor, Red Focus, 2005
Red Focus
2005, Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 150 cm

Exhibitions