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Place of Birth: Sekondi-Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana
About James Cudjoe
- James Cudjoe is one of Ghana's most successful contemporary artists.
- He has been growing in popularity since the start of his career.
- Cudjoe was born on September 7, 1971, in Takoradi, Ghana.
- He graduated from Ghana's private art college Ghanatta in 1996, and has since participated in seven highly successful national group and solo exhibitions.
- Cudjoe operates his own galleries in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana. James Cudjoe's work draws on images from everyday life.
- He is known for his cityscapes, which range from vibrant, colorful and energetic (such as Hot Day (in Osu), see right) to calm, placid and subdued (such as New Beginnings I.
- He is also known to depict the African market woman, a figure he says represents his own mother, in scenes of labor or rest, such as Dancer (see right), or the working woman of Good Returns III.
- Fans of his work find these paintings evocative, emotional and relatable.
- His growing popularity and success in Europe and the United States, as well as many other locations across the globe, is a testament to his skill and importance as an artist. In May 2007, James Cudjoe was featured in an exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Man, Artists Speak: Contemporary art from Ghana and Zimbabwe.
- His work is considered to be illustrative of 3rd generation Ghanaian artists, who freely express themselves as artists in a modern world, without succumbing to restrictive notions of African Art.
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