Biography
Oscillating between memory and fiction, he weaves together narratives based on Ghanaian popular culture, current and historical media accounts, and his ongoing observations and encounters with vulcanizers in his native Ghana.
The visual iconography of vulcanizer shops and scrap yards—stacks of worn tires and inner tubes, mounds of vehicle wreckage, and scrawled signage on the bodies of damaged cars—forms the core of his practice. Amidst what appears to be chaos, Dela contemplates concepts of value in relation to human existence.
Anyah was an artist in residence at the Noldor Residency in 2022. The following year, he was the Second Runner Up for the Kuenyehia Prize. His work is included in the collections of the Celine Art Project (Puerto Banus), Sir David Adjaye (New York, London, Accra), Kuenyehia Collection, the Institute Museum of Ghana, and the Isshaq Foundation in Accra, Ghana.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Nubuke Foundation, Accra (2023), The Noldor Residency, Accra (2022)
Selected group exhibitions include: The Anzai Gallery, Tokyo (2024), Museum of Science and Technology, Accra (2023), Institute Museum of Ghana, Accra (2023), Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York (2023), Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen (2023)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Homecoming, Ashiyie, Accra, Ghana
2023 Homecoming, Adjirigano, Accra, Ghana
2023 Climate, Jamestown Coffee Co, Accra, Ghana
2023 Elementary Rebirth, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana
2022 The Dreamers Cocoon, The Noldor Residency, Accra, Ghana
Group Exhibitions
2024 Bold, Institute Museum of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2024 Form Comes To Mind, The Anzai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Homecoming, Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana
2023 X’MAS 23, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Kaleidoscope of Dreams, Institute Museum of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
2023 Worldmaking, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA
2023 SUMMERTIME’23, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 REVERB 23 | Abstract Resonances //Contemporary Voices, Latitudes Online
2023 Kuenyehia Prize Awards, The Mix Design Hub, Accra, Ghana
Awards
2023 2nd Runner Up: Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art
2022 Semi-Finalist: Art X Prize
Bibliography
2023 MANJU JOURNAL. (2023). VOICES: GHANA’S ARTISTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS. Twentyfour Thirtysix Ltd. Page 54
Residencies
2022 The Noldor Residency, Accra, Ghana
Collections
Celine Art Project Puerto Banus
The Institute Museum of Ghana Accra
Sir David Adjaye Collection New York | London | Accra
Isshaq Foundation Accra
Kuenyehia Collection Accra
Private Collection North Carolina
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