Senam Okudzeto

Senam Okudzeto is an artist, writer and scholar and is based in Basel, New York and Accra. Recent projects include a solo show at PS1 MoMA -
'Portes-Oranges' (2007), the Dak'Art Bienalle in Senegal (2006),
'Africa Remix' at the Centre Pompidou (2005) and "Freestyle" at the
Studio Museum in Harlem( 2001). Okudzeto has taught in schools and
Universities in Europe, the USA and West Africa and has received
numerous awards and fellowships, including the artist's residency at
the Studio Museum in Harlem 2000/2001, a Pollock Krasner award in
2002, and the Stiftung Laurenz Haus residency 2002 in Basel. In
2003/2004 she was awarded a research fellowship at the Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University. Okudzeto
presently serves on the editorial board of Art Journal, and is
founder of the international NGO - Art in Social Structures, which
provides educational initiatives and social development projects in
Ghana through funding provided by artists.