b. 1947 in Akwapim Region, Ghana
He began his training as a coffin creator at the age of 12 in the workshop of his uncle Kane Kwei in Teshie and is considered one of the most important fantasy coffin artists in Ghana.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
(Re)Birth of Venus, Pulpo Gallery, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
2020
Paa Joe: Gates of No Return, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
2019
Mixed Pickles 5, Ruttkowski;68, Berlin, Germany
A way to Go, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France
2017
Malick Sidibé, Mali Twist, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
2012
Connecting Cultures: A World in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, USA
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, UK
2011
Material, Salon 94, New York, USA
2007
Six Feet under, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
2005
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
2003
Schokolade, die süße Verführung, Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland
1989
Les Magiciens de la terre, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France