World Press Freedom Day 2018

Bright Ackwerh (Ghana) is a satirical artist. His practice is situated in the field of painting, illustration and street art. He was the 2016 recipient of Ghana’s Kuenyehia Prize for Ghanaian Contemporary art and was also named one of the top 10 artists in the 2017 Barclays L’atelier. Bright’s work has been gaining critical acclaim in the media as he uses the internet and social media as a strategy to question the limiting traditional spaces available for displaying art. Bright’s practice has recently been centered on investigating pop culture as a medium which he also explores as public posters. He has exhibited his work in a number of group shows home and abroad. He earned a BFA and MFA in painting and sculpture at the art faculty at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology.