Profile
Abbey IT-A is an artist and curator based in Ghana. Abbey is interested in the proverbial discursiveness inherent in contemporary art and how it holds in praxis. They oscillate between artistic and curatorial practices to explore this interest through experimental and multi-vocal interventions – with photography, video, text, conversation and curating as likely points of departure in an independent art practice.
As a curator at the Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana, they help support contemporary Ghanaian art practices and discourses through research, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, interventions, residencies, and labs.
Abbey holds a BFA in Painting and Sculpture and is currently a candidate for an MFA in Curatorial Practice (KNUST, Kumasi). They are a 2024 Fellow of the Zeitz MOCAA & UWC Museum Fellowship Programme with a BA Honours in History (UWC, Cape Town).