Kofi Perry (1998, Sidon) is an American contemporary painter based in London. He uses classical techniques to depict characters from a fictional Afrofuturist world of his own creation. Perry studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and graduated from City and Guilds of London Art School, where he won the Baton Fine Art Prize. In 2023 he won the Ingram Prize.
Solo Exhibitions
(Upcoming) 1-54 Art Fair with DADA Gallery, Somerset House, London UK 2024
Remnants From a Distant Future, curated by Jo Baring, The Lightbox, Woking UK 2024
Selected Group Exhibitions
Tender Communions, DADA Gallery, Cromwell Place, London 2024
Ingram Prize, juried by Jo Baring, Cromwell Place, London 2023
Degree Show, City and Guilds of London Art School, London 2022
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 2020
Times End, juried by Alisha B. Wormsley, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley 2019
Awards and Grants
Ingram Prize, winner 2023
The Baton Fine Art Prize, juried by Oli Epp and Natalia Gonzalez Martin, winner 2022
The Charles Toppan Prize, winner 2020
Selected Collections
The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art, UK
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA
Sweetwater Center for the Arts, USA
Education
City and Guilds of London Art School BFA (Hons) 2021-2022
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2018-2020
Hong Kong Art School 2017-2018
Press
Kofi Perry: Remnants From a Distant Future, New Exhibitions
Kofi Perry: Remnants From a Distant Future, The Lightbox
Kofi Perry: Remnants From a Distant Future, The Ingram Collection
Tender Communions, DADA Gallery
2023 Ingram Prize Winners, Ingram Collection
2023 Ingram Prize Shortlist, Ingram Collection
Fine Art Alumni Selected as Ingram Prize 2023 Finalists, City and Guilds of London Art School
The 119th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Times End, Sweetwater Center for the Arts
Contact
kofi.perry@gmail.com