Ibrahim Mahama (artist)

[4] He is the founder of Red Clay Studio, Savannah Centre for Contemporary Arts and Nkrumah Volini.

He obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Sculpture in 2013 and a bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 2010 at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Mahama is best known for draping buildings in old jute sacks which he stitches together with a team of collaborators to create patchwork quilts.

His work was shown during the 56th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in Italy All The World’s Futures curated by Okwui Enwezor in 2015.

In 2013, Stefan Simchowitz, along with Dublin gallerist Ellis King, sued Mahama.