Samuel Prophask Asamoah

Samuel Prophask Asamoah is a Ghanaian contemporary artist whose practice is rooted in versatility and material exploration. He works across painting, sculpture, and installation. His artistic journey began at an early age through observational drawing inspired by the natural environment. He is currently a PhD student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, where he also earned his MPhil and Bachelor of Arts degrees.
Asamoah’s practice is distinguished by a dynamic engagement with diverse media and forms, navigating abstraction, realism, and surrealism. His practice engages themes of ecological sustainability and articulates dialogue between waste and aesthetic value through the transformation of discarded materials. Working at the intersection of art and environmental consciousness, he recontextualizes waste into compelling visual narratives that interrogate consumption, material afterlives, and cultural memory.
Bridging temporal and cultural contexts and belief in the interconnectedness of all Earth’s diversity, Asamoah employs layered iconography to construct compositions that speak to harmonious coexistence, inclusivity, and shared human experience. This synthesis positions his work within a trans...

PhD Candidate in African Art and Culture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2022-
MPhil in African Art and Culture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2021-2022
Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Rural Art and Industry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2003-2007
Senior Secondary School Certificate in Visual Arts, Kumasi Secondary Technical School, Kumasi, Ghana, 1999-2001

Selected Exhibitions in Ghana
2026 “Redeeming the Ruins” Museum of Science and Technology, Accra-Ghana
2026 “Echoes Across Culture” National Museum, Accra-Ghana
2021 “Part of the journey” Centre for National Culture, Accra, Ghana.
2020 “Sound out” Accra International Conference Center. Accra-Ghana.
2019 “Dialogue” Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, Ghana.
2019 “Creations” City Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
2015 “Mounting the flag of Art” Centre for National Culture, Accra, Ghana.

Selected Exhibitions Abroad
2020 “The Bridge International Contemporary Artists”, Organised by the Faculty of Fine Arts, National Academy of Arts, Culture and Heritage/ASWARA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2020 “5th Paris Art Symposium” Paris, France.
2012 “Ghana to Korea” Moree Gallery, Yeosu- South Korea.
2012 “The Living Ocean and Coast” Yeosu- South Korea.