Biography

Serge Attukwei Clottey’s practice explores the symbolic life of everyday materials and their circulation through local and global economies. Central to his work is Afrogallonism, a visual and conceptual language developed around the yellow plastic gallon widely reused across Ghana. By cutting and stitching these discarded containers into tapestry-like installations, Clottey transforms found materials into reflections on trade, migration, consumption, and collective memory, revealing how ordinary objects carry histories of exchange, resilience, and identity. His recent exhibitions include \[Dis\]Appearing Rituals: An Open Lab of Now for Tomorrow at Gallery 1957, Accra (2025); Beyond the Skin at Museu Tàpies, Barcelona (2024); and Time and Chance at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024). Clottey studied at Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra (2004), and Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2007). He received an honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Brighton (2019) and was shortlisted for the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize (2023).

Artworks

Mina Zayed

Wole Worhe (We Know Each Other)

Serge Attukwei Clottey

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Mina Zayed

Wogb3 Jek3 (We From Far)

Serge Attukwei Clottey

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