Rikki Wemega-Kwawu

Rikki Wemega-Kwawu is a contemporary Ghanaian artist, born on February 3, 1959, in the city of Sekondi, Ghana.

He has participated in many group exhibitions and his work can be found across the world in private and public collections, including the Dutch Artotheek.

Wemega-Kwawu is, in his own words, "a very eclectic painter, swinging easily between pictorial and abstract themes, without any qualms."

A statement written by the artist can be found at the website of African Encounters, his representatives on the west coast.

His painting Ashanti Saga was included in the exhibition "Artists Speak" at the San Diego Museum of Man, on display from May 2007 through February 28, 2008.