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EDUCATION

2021 Master of Fine Art, School of Art and Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2015 Bachelor of Fine Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 2021 - June 2022 
Adjunct Lecturer of Studio Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Taught foundation sculpture Space Studio, Summer A, 2022: A project-based studio foundation course for spatial investigations where students explore methods for defining space, conceptualizing space, 3D digital fabrication and 3D design strategies
• Taught Interdisciplinary Studio Art CORE Making and Meaning Spring 2022: Explored the creation of art in combination with non-art related research
• Reviewed incoming freshmen portfolio

Fall 2019 - June 2021
Instructor of Record, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Taught foundation sculpture Shaping Space and Form, Summer A, 2021 and Fall 2020: Focused on contemporary art practices and investigated the co-shaping of form and space.
• Taught foundation sculpture Gravity and Buoyancy, Spring 2020 and Fall 2019: A project-based studio focusing on objects that inflate or suspend and explore installation strategies

August 2018 - May 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Materials and Methods, Advanced Sculpture, Spring 2021: Explored sculpture in expanded field and problems in sculptural form. Assisted Sean Miller
• WARPlite, Interdisciplinary Studio Art, Summer B, 2020: Critical thinking, problem solving, and creative activity in collaboration and cross media artmaking. Assisted Moe Beitiks Megan
• Making and Meaning, Interdisciplinary Studio Art, Summer B, 2019: Explored the creation of art in combination with non-art related research. Assisted Annemarie Furlong
• Concept and Strategies, Advanced Sculpture, Fall 2018:  Emphasis on sculptural materials such as mixed media, metal fabrication and casting. Assisted Sergio Vega

October 2021 - April 2022
Gallery Director, 4most gallery, Gainesville, FL
• Curated exhibitions during the 2021/2022 academic calendar
• Supervised Interns
 

January - April 2019
Gallery Assistant, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Exhibition Installation
• Opening Reception Preparation
 

2015-2016
Teaching Assistant, Department of Painting, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
• Moderated painting students’ seminar
• Facilitated studio visits

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021-2022
• Artist Residency Program, Warphaus, University of Florida: Practicing art and managing the studio facility
• Emerging Artists Membership, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 

2021
• Artist Talk at The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Presented my research to the Art Education class: Collections as Drawing
- Presented my research to the Teaching Art in Higher Education students
• Artist Talk at Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2015
• 89 plus, Nubuke Foundation, East Legon, Accra, Ghana Juried by Hans Obrist Ulrich
• Vice President, Association of Painting Department, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana