Zohra Opoku

Zohra Opoku (born 1976) is a Ghanaian-German multidisciplinary artist. Quotes You really wonder where all this information ends up when we don’t write it down Zohra Opoku, a ‘Woven Storyteller,’ Is Shapeshifting Her Way into Africa’s Biggest Museums 29 May 2026 In being identified as German, Afro-German, African, Ghanaian, Obroni and Asante all at once, I´ve learnt to live like a Chameleon Whilst growing up, the roles of the women raising me (my mother and grandmother for instance) have always been very fixed, and strong. On the other hand, the men who were raising me did not seem quite as stable, the ‘father’ roles were blurry. The traditions of African culture can be read through ‘Sassa’ at Gallery 1957 in Ghana: An interview with Zohra Opoku 2013 I believe that your soul or your spirit speaks with you and tells you what you want I wouldn't call myself an artist if I just create something beautiful, it's more in the process of reflecting and what is happening here around me I can't ignore. I am political with my work because I also want to express my thought process I wouldn't become a politician, but I definitely would love to be the whisperer to one. Outside of being an artist there's nothing, I mean, you don't stop, right? Time is the best friend for an artist. Zohra Opoku – ‘Time is the best friend for an artist 2 November 2023 The handcraft was present in my upbringing. And painting and drawing came naturally to me. As an artist, you always want to excavate the truth of something. It’s like once you are in Ghana, Ghana becomes you and you become Ghana I feel like the body is just existing in a particular time of the life span, but our soul, our being, is continuing Once you are in Ghana, Ghana becomes you and you become Ghana Zohra Opoku’s Evocative Reflections on Mortality and Resilience 21 September 2023 Parts of my work explore the ability to express one’s identity, and identity can be actualized through textile I have never been fulfilled by the role fashion plays in society – it’s seen as a business more than a deep reflection of cultural development – yet for me it has such transformative power Zohra Opoku: Empowering Children of Color to Love Themselves 6 September 2024 Category:1976 births Category:Living people