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Artist Statement:
I am a multi-mediaist who
enjoys combining mixed-media
to create.I find that to be
satisfying and not burdened by
monotony. Even though I enjoy
working with different
materials, there are always
situations that call for a
straight oil, watercolor or
acrylic painting.
Generally, I work in series
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Artist Exhibitions:
January 2008 Solo: “360
Degrees of Aklabatsa, 2008”
Fort Frederik Museum, St.
Croix, USVI May 2007 Solo
Duplex: Walsh Metal Works
Gallery, and Maufe' Gallery
"360 Degrees of Aklabatsa" St.
Croix USVI - first ever
exhibition of New Works
created exclusively in the
USVI. July 2006:
Preview of 360 Degrees of ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Collections:
Public Collections:
1989 Medgar Evers College
Permanent Collection,
Brooklyn, New York
1975
“Harlem Collection” – Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. State
Office Building, New York, NY
1975 “Permanent Collection”
Studio Museum in Harlem, New
York, NY
1974 Woodhull
Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
1974 New York Health and
Hospital Corporation, New
York, NY
1961 ...
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Commissions:
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Nii Ahene -La Biography:
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| Your Personal Biography |
Nii Ahènè-Lá Mettle-Nunoo was born (Ga-Dangme) in Accra, Ghana in the 1940s– this awards winning artist is a co-founder of the “Society of Caribbean Artists,” or SOCA - a visual arts organization whose directional vision is to create a critical dialogue among artists online and land on Caribbean art heaquatered in the beautiful isalnd of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. Nii Ahene-La lives and works in the USVI.
In 2003, the organization Asociacion Profescional de Arte y Folklore in Puerto Rico honored him with a plaque for his professional contribution to the arts, enhancement of African Heritage, for his lectures, workshops, and as a Cultural Anthropologist, and a Visiting Curator. He had also been honored as an official guest of Toa Baja, and Larés in 2005.
In 2001, the International Biographical Center in UK nominated him as one of a few to be awarded the “21st Century Award for Achievement” in recognition of his “Outstanding Contribution to the arts.” Nii is one of the distinguished printmakers in the “Historical Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop History Collection” at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
He has curated several international art exhibitions nationally and abroad. He served as the first curator of the Fort Frederik Museum Art Gallery in St. Croix, USVI from 1989-2002. Nii currently paints, sculpts, and teaches art in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. He is an early childhood art education, and artists’ rights advocate. He is a member of Ten Thousand Helpers of St. Croix, a non-profit organization that provides mental health support, and services to the homeless through the use of therapeutic art programs; he also serves on its Board.
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