Saint Takyi
About
Saint Takyi (b. 1997) is a Dutch Ghanaian artist who spent most of their childhood in the Netherlands and England. Fusing elements of worldbuilding with Ghanaian folklore, they use photography from anthropological archives to transmute them into narratives from their own imagination, daydreams, and memories.
Their journey as an artist began with their fascination with portraiture, and desire to paint hidden aspects of a person – capturing the unseen. Working with painting, sculpture, drawing and writing, they use blue as a base for exploration into their personal connection to their identity and sexuality, leaning of blue’s symbolism and rarity in nature. The humanoid spirits in their work are ephemeral and embody the artist’s feeling of looking at photography of people who could potentially be their relatives. Something tangible yet distant. With their art they aim to offer the viewer an insight to different perspectives and ways of looking – as visitor, anthropologist, and native to the lands and scenes.
Their most recent exhibitions have been with Studio/Chapple curated by Jarelle Andre Francis in collaboration with RCA BLK (‘Come by Here’, July 2024), RCA (Graduate Showcase, June 2024), Fitzrovia Gallery (‘Spruced Up’, May 2024), AMP Gallery (‘Things That Matter’, Feb 2024), SET Kensington (‘&Smiled’, Nov 2023), Studio 3 Gallery (‘Where are you From, From?’, April 2023).
Supported by the Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship
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