EMMANUEL ABOAGYE
E D U C A T I O N
2025- Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. USA
2021- Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting and Sculpture, College of Art and Built Environment, Faculty of Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2025- Clouds of Memories. John William Gallery in Collaboration with the Delaware Art Museum. Wilmington, DE, USA.
2025- Echoes of Liberation, Something Torn and Renewed. The Art O Mat. Wilmington, DE, USA
2021- Rights of Passage, End of year Exhibition, KNUST Campus (Maintenance Unit) Kumasi. Ghana
2018- Merry with Me. KNUST Campus, Kumasi. Ghana.
SELECTED G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2025- Compendium. MFA thesis Exhibition, travel exhibition, Mechanical Hall Gallery. Newark, DE, USA.
2025- Compendium. MFA thesis Exhibition. Delaware Contemporary Museum. Wilmington, DE, USA.
2025- Radius. Delaware Contemporary Museum. Wilmington, DE, USA.
2025- Colors, Land, and Building. Old College and Delaware. Newark/DE, USA.
2025- Antiphon Oxford Art Alliance, Oxford, PA, USA
2024- Picture studies (Collaboration with University of Delaware Wind Ensemble). Newark/DE, USA .
2024- Broken Pieces Everywhere, Residues of Yesterday Newark/DE, USA.
2024- Pacific Project, Institute Professional ARCOS Valparaiso, Chile.
2023- The life of our time, Group exhibition, Newark/DE, USA.
2022- Something Different, Something Beautiful, Carnegie Gallery, OH, USA.
2022- All the King’s Horses, Gray and Gray Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2021- Footprints between the lines of difference, Final year Undergraduate Exhibition, KNUST Campus, Kumasi. Ghana.
2018- Things Fall Apart and it Remains. KNUST Campus, Kumasi. Ghana.
2018- Fragile Bonding. KNUST Campus, Kumasi.Ghana.
COMMISSION
2022- Commissioned Mural for Google Ghana – “Drone Cloud Lovers” (2021) Executed a two-panel mixed-media mural for the Google Ghana office canteen, titled “Drone Cloud Lovers.” The work explores the intersection of technology, community, and optimism within contemporary African society.
ARTIST TALKS
2025- Winterthur Museum, Library and Garden. Wilmington, DE, USA.
2025- John William Gallery. Wilmington, Delaware. USA.
2025- The Art O Mat. Wilmington, DE, USA.
2025- Oxford Art Alliance. Oxford, PA, USA.
2024- Colloquium, University of Delaware. Newark, Delaware. USA
PUBLICATIONS
2025- Art Histroy Student news. University of Delaware. Newark/DE, USA. https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/cas/news-events/news/2025/may/art-history-student-news/
2024- System Magazine Word press. Nairobi https://systemagazine.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/in-conversation-with-emmanuel-aboagye/
RESIDENCY
2026- Forthcoming. Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the art residency. New Berlin, New York. USA
H O N O R S / A W A R D S & G R A N T S
2024- Winterthur Maker-Creator Fellowship. Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. Wilmington DE, USA.
2024- Delaware Public and Humanities Institute Fellowship. University of Delaware. USA
2024- Center for Material Culture Travel grant. University of Delaware. USA
2024- Nominee for Dedalus Foundation, MFA fellowship. USA
2023- Awardee/Grantee of Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation. Canada.
2023- Community Engagement Scholars Fellowship. University of Delaware. USA
2023- Awardee of A. Gray Magness Scholarship. Most Outstanding student for the 2023-2024 academic year. University of Delaware. USA
2023- 100% tuition scholarship and teaching assistantship, University of Delaware. USA
2021- First Class Honors, Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) KNUST. Kumasi, Ghana.
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