Patrick Turkson’s work is as vibrant in colour as it is powerful in meaning. His process of working with found flip-flops and other found plastics and turning them into artworks (drawings, Paintings, sculptures installations, tapestries, video and performances) not only addresses the question of identity, memory, and waste but more importantly, Turkson’s process and work show us the role an artist and art itself can play within a community. Turkson’s art is not art for art’s sake, but art that aims to reclaim, transform and repair.

He received his MFA degree in Painting at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and currently Senior Lecturer at Takoradi Technical University in Ghana.

Patrick’s dedication to the environment afforded him the opportunity to participate in the Gauging Nature Art Biennale in South Korea, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan and the Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP) in several countries in Eastern and Western Europe and America (Mexico).

Tagoe-Turkson has also exhibited widely in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal, Haiti, Italy, Romania, USA, France, Belgium, Mexico and Germany with permanent collections of his works at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Italy and private homes both in Ghana and abroad.