Noldor was created to nurture technically trained African artists with limited access to artistic resources, supporting them to flourish both amongst the growing local collector base and on the global contemporary art scene.
A large-scale warehouse studio space in Accra’s seaside Labadi, or La, district will be home to the artist for the first three weeks and will ultimately host an exhibition of the portfolio of works produced during the residency. The final week the artist will spend in a secluded area on the periphery of central Accra, an alternative psychological retreat where they will be guided personally, professionally and creatively. After the initial exhibition in the warehouse space, the artist’s work will be displayed to audiences across the world through partnerships with international galleries.
Noldor’s first artist in residence is Ghanaian painter Emmanuel Taku, who will be using the residency to create a figurative surrealist series, It Takes Two, capturing black bodies in the abstract through silk-screening.
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