“I perceive our facial expressions as a ‘screen’ that displays our inner being, thus, what we truly represent. I am more concerned about who we are as a people, how we relate and analyze issues, how we communicate with just our facial expressions, and how well we appreciate and sustain what we have for the betterment of us all.”
James Mishio (b.1997) lives and works in Accra, Ghana. Although Mishio studied Visual Arts during
his education- which undoubtedly fed his love for the arts- he is entirely self-taught. He extensively experimented, and after producing figurative work, landscape paintings, and abstractions, Mishio found
a centripetal force in his own style of portraiture in which faces of members within his community are enlarged and reproduced with great intimacy. With solo and group exhibitions in Ghana, Mishio has been a key member of Ghana’s growing artistic infrastructure. Museum of Ghana (Accra, 2010).