Adjo Kisser

Adjo Kisser (b. 1992) is an artist whose interest in narratives, and the archival form has resulted in recent investigations into sound, collectivity and the cultural initiatives of liberation movements across the continent of Africa. However, Accra, as one of the city-studios where national infrastructure was used in the broadcasting of anti-colonial sentiments and ideas, becomes an important springboard in her research.

Until 2019, the narratives that formed the basis of her work were those garnered from eavesdropping on conversations in public places in Accra and Kumasi. These narratives had inspired the humorous and satirical tone of her cartoonish drawings which featured blue-skinned characters with painfully frozen grins. Her drawings later took a more collaborative turn through The Billboard Series, instigating her interest in community-based artistic projects. She continues to interrogate what the changing notions of “community” today can mean for the production and experience of art through an embrace of processes that encourages incidental discoveries and serendipitous moments.

Kisser is currently pursuing a PhD in Painting and Sculpture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where she lectures and remains an active member of blaxTARLINES KUMASI – an experimental incubator for contemporary art. She has exhibited in Ghana and Germany, the most recent being UmStand der Dinge: A State of Affairs in HFBK, Hamburg.

She currently lives and works in Kumasi and Accra, Ghana.