Artist Profile: Zohra Opoku
Meet Zohra Opoku an artist of German and Ghanaian decent based in Accra. Hails from the field of fashion and photography. She holds an MA (2003) in fashion from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Opoku was introduced to the art world through the Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart, where she talked about her published magazine POKUAA. After her strong learning experiences with the Danish artist/fashion designer Henrik Vibskov (2006-07) she has been recognized by the V&A Museum London, featured in their show publication "Black Style" (2007) She examines political, historical, cultural and socio-economic context of contemporary Ghana. Her practice centers around textiles and traditional Ghanaian dress codes, which have been an inherent part of the country's identity and industry throughout West Africa's complex history and serves as vehicles for her to connect to the abstraction of identity in a tangible way Zohras works have been featured in numerous exhi