Victor Osei Mensah

Nana Osei (Victor Osei Mensah, born 1997) is a contemporary Ghanaian artist based in Accra. Primarily self-taught, he works across oil and acrylic on canvas, developing expressive portraits and figurative compositions that investigate identity, ancestry, perception, memory, and emotional experience.
Nana’s artistic development began through independent experimentation with different media before becoming increasingly focused on portraiture and the human figure. His training includes three years of Visual Art studies and a two-year apprenticeship under established artists. During this period, he also began accepting commissions while refining the visual language that continues to shape his practice.
His paintings frequently feature Black figures, ancestral markings, symbolic patterns, bold colour, and highly expressive eyes. These elements operate as visual carriers of cultural memory and personal experience, while the eyes become a recurring motif through which Nana explores inner identity and psychological presence.
His Portrait of Survival series examines resilience, endurance, identity, and the relationship between memory and self.
In Magic in the Mundane, distorted, enlarged figures and unconventional gazes explore the extraor...

Self-Taught

2026 Residence and group Exhibition,organised by Ora Duke

2025 (5th June -28th June)
Duo exhibition at the Accra City Hotel, Ghana

2025 ( 3rd January)
Group exhibition at Untamed Empire, Spintex Ghana. ( ASEDA- Living Legacies)

2024-2025 (January 17 -May 27) Group Exhibition, The Gund Gallery and Museum at Kenyon College Ohio USA

2023( October 13-30) Solo Exhibition,
The Mix Design Hub, Ghana