Godfried Donkor was born in Ghana and currently lives and works in London. Donkor is concerned with historical, sociological issues, and the shared history of the peoples of Africa and Europe. He reflects on the commercialisation of people in all its facets, a complexity of themes that runs like a red thread through his individual work cycles. Godfried Donkor frequently uses newspaper pages (such as the stock market figures from the Financial Times) as a background for his collages. He states: “Whether a boxer, a football player or a pin-up girl, they are all worth the same in human trade goods, starting from its most extreme form, slavery, to subtle variations in sport or in the entertainment industry”. Notable solo exhibitions include: People of Utopia at ARTCO Gallery (Herzogenrath, Germany: 2011), The Five Court at Fred (London, UK: 2010), The Olympians and Muses at Afronova Gallery (Johannesburg, South Africa: 2009), and Story of a London Township (London; Financial Times: 2009).