apexart :: New York City Fellow :: Dorothy Akpene Amenuke
Fellowship Program
Name:
Dorothy Akpene Amenuke
Visiting From:
Kumasi, Ghana
Dates of Fellowship:
October 15 - November 14, 2007
Recommended by:
El Anatsui artist in Ghana/Nigeria
Dorothy Akpene Amenuke was born in 1968 in Adzokoe-Peki, Ghana. She studied Sculpture and Art Education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. She has an MFA in Sculpture and was completing a doctorate in sculpture at the time of her residency. She worked professionally as an art teacher from 1987 to 2004 at the primary and secondary levels. She works as a fibre and fabric artist and resource person for art clubs in schools and is also involved with Sansa International Artists’ Association.
