Patrick Quarm

Male; born in Ghana, 1988

From his website (patrickquarm.com):

Patrick Quarm (b. 1988, Ghana) graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana (2012) with a BFA in Painting and an MFA from Texas Tech University (2018).

Currently lives and works between Ghana and the United States. Quarm’s practice explores identity, focusing on the notion of cultural hybridity and social evolution. His paintings weave and splice cultural signifiers from different eras and communities into multi-layered works.

Quarm’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions including Ross+Kramer Gallery, New York, NY; Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI; Kunstraum Potsdam, Berlin, DE; Library Street Art Collective, Detroit, MI; K.N.U.S.T Museum Kumasi, Ghana; and the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.

His work is held in several public and private collections which include the Syracuse University Museum, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, and Kemper Museum collection. He has participated as an artist-in-residence at the Red Bull Artist Residency in Detroit 2019 and was recently awarded the prestigious NXTHVN Fellowship 2021-2022.