Bernard Akoi-Jackson

Bernard Akoi–Jackson (born 1979), is a Ghanaian academic, artist and writer. He is known for projects that are in continual metamorphosis. His art works are mostly performative, or pseudo-rituals. His writings are focused on the development of contemporary African, He is known as a proverbial jester (or Esu) using critical absurdity to move between installations, dance and poetry, video, and photography. He blends post-colonial African identities through transient and makeshift memorials.

Early life and education Akoi-Jackson attended Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, for his secondary school education. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts and PhD in Painting and Sculpture from the College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. as "Global-artist-in-residency Lilith Performance studio Malmo, Sweden SCCA – the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art, Tamale (Ghana) SaNsA in Accra (2007) SaNsA in Kumasi (2009) Xerem International Artists’ Residency Home & Abroad in Portugal (2010) Moderator of Architecture of Independence in Kumasi (2018)