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Throughout my life, I’ve been exploring the question, “What does it mean to be an African?” Affirming the core of African power within myself and others permeates everything I do and represent. My objects and installations draw upon my history while simultaneously commenting on the present.
I have embraced mixed-media processes to express and explore ideas about the richness of African history and the pressing contemporary concerns of where we come from, where we are, and where we are going. I use mixed-media installations to create spaces that allow for open dialogue between the audience and the work, utilizing elements of Ghanaian culture and the human hand as tools to explore the idea of what it means to be an African.
As a concerned artist, I see, feel, analyze, and make work to examine these realities. I am influenced by my experiences since childhood, recollecting memories and moments throughout my life, and elaborating on why they are significant to me. Therefore, I create installations that link the past, present, and future for Ghanaians.
Vincent Frimpong is a contemporary ceramic artist from Accra, Ghana. He holds an M.F.A. in Ceramic Art from the University of Arkansas and a B.A. in Industrial Arts (Ceramics Option) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. His work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including Logged In at the COOP Gallery (Nashville, TN), Beyond the Single at the Shircliff Gallery of Art (Vincennes, IN), and The Frimpong Case Continued at the Hall Gallery, Millsaps College (Jackson, MS).
Frimpong’s research and creative practice have been supported by several fellowships and awards, including the 2025 NCECA Emerging Artist Fellowship, the Amaco Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation, and the 2025 Rudy Autio Endowed Fund for Creatives. He has also received the Windgate Accelerator Grant (University of Arkansas), the Artists 360 Practicing Artist Grant (Walton Arts Foundation), the CXF MARs Award (The Medium/CACHE), the Zenobia Award (Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts), the Windgate University Fellowship (Arrowmont), the Maxwell-Hanrahan Fellowship (Haystack), the John Glick Scholarship (Penland), and awards from CIRCA and the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance.
He currently serves as an assistant professor of art at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
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