Richard Ofoe Adusu


Richard Adusu
Visual Artist | Contemporary Expressionist | Storyteller Through Texture
Nationality: Ghanaian
Lives & Works: Accra, Ghana
Mediums: Acrylic, Oils, Modelling Paste, Mixed Media
Style: Contemporary Expressionism, Figurative Abstraction

Richard Adusu is a Ghanaian visual artist known for bold, impasto-driven portraits that explore identity, memory, and cultural transformation. His layered compositions, often emerging from black canvases, blend figurative abstraction with symbolic texture to tell stories of the African experience—iconic yet intimate, veiled yet vivid.

Drawing from African heritage and diasporic themes, his work addresses silence, resilience, and the fluidity of self. Faces appear masked or fragmented, yet deeply expressive, challenging viewers to confront the tension between visibility and truth.

Adusu’s use of texture and colour as narrative tools transforms each painting into a tactile dialogue—claiming space for Black identity and inner life. With an international exhibition record, his work forms part of major private and public collections.

Education:
Ghanatta College of Arts and Design – Diploma in Painting & Textiles

Selected Exhibitions:
Novotel Hotel, Accra (2012), GAVA, Accra (2019–2020), Christopher Moller Gallery (2021), Madlozi Art Gallery (2021), Chilliart Project, London (2022), Voltz Clarke Gallery, USA (2022), Harlem Fine Arts Show (2024), Alexis Galleries, Nigeria (2024)

Collections & Commissions:

  • Former President J.A. Kufuor
  • First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo
  • The Wright Art Collection (USA)
  • Kente Flag Design at Kumasi Ultramodern Market
  • Miklól Wesselényi Technical and College of Nyíregyháza

Media:
Talk Africa (2020), Beyond the Black Canvas (2021), Artful TV USA (2024)

Artist Statement:
“My work challenges how identity is shaped or masked by time, culture, and silence. Texture and colour are not just form—but language.”