Derek Fordjour (born 1974) is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator of Ghanaian heritage[1] who works in collage, video/film, sculpture, and painting.

[9] He was appointed the Alex Katz Chair at Cooper Union in spring 2020,[10] and since 2018 he has served as a core critic at Yale University School of Art.

[14] In 2021, the artist had a solo exhibition at Pond Society in Shanghai, China, where his paintings looked at the gamification of social structures and vulnerability.

On his use of the paper in his practice, Fordjour explained in Ocula Magazine: 'The Financial Times is making an effort to differentiate itself from the pool of other newsprints with its distinctive color.

[18] In July 2022, Fordjour married Alexis Hoag-Fordjour at the Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan.