Eric Gyamfi

Eric Gyamfi (born 1990) is a Ghanaian photographer, living in Accra and has held exhibitions in Mampɔn Akuapem, London, Amsterdam, Accra, Vienna, Berlin, Tamale, New York, Cape Town and Bamako.

Gyamfi's work explores the poetics of queerness in his home country and within the photographic medium

Early life and education Gyamfi holds a B.A in Information studies with Economics from the University of Ghana (2010 to 2014) and an MFA from the Department of painting and sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2018- 2024). His work has been featured in A Diagnosis of Time: Unlearn What You Have Learned (Red Clay Studio, Tamale, Ghana 2021), Ecologies and Politics of the Living (Vienna Biennale, 2021), The 11th and 12th Bamako Encounters (Musée National du Mali/Mémorial Modibo Kéita, 2017/2019), Fixing Shadows: Julius and I (FOAM, 2019/2020, Autograph, 2023), The New York African Film Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music 2023, The Africa Center 2024), Punya 2.0 (Kunsthallbern, Switzerland, 2024), Kɔηsεt Pāti (Accra, Ghana, 2025) and others

Awards 2016: Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund grant, Magnum Photos for Just Like Us 2019: Foam Paul Huf Award from Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, a £20,000 award, for all his work to date, including Fixing Shadows; Julius and I