CV

b. 1999, Accra, Ghana
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA


EDUCATION

2025 – Present
MFA, Studio Art.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.

2018 – 2022
BFA, Painting.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.

2015 – 2018
Visual Arts
Accra Academy Senior High School, Accra, Ghana.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
- Vanities, Christophe Person Gallery, Paris, France.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
- (Dis)Orientation, MFA Group Exhibition, Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA.
- Red Turban, Christophe Person Gallery, Paris, France.

2024
- Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art Exhibition, Accra, Ghana.

2022
- Life Is a Beautiful Colour, Janet Rady Fine Art Gallery, London, UK.

ART FAIRS

2024
- Harlem Fine Art Show 16 (HFAS), Paul Conliffe Gallery, New York, NY.

2023
- London Art Fair, Janet Rady Fine Art Gallery, London, UK.

COLLECTIONS

Works held in private and public collections including:

- Cornelius Annor Jr.
- Amir Shariat.
- Oheneba Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware.
- Foundation Gandur pour l’Art, Geneva.

AWARDS

2025 - 2028
- Graduate Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MFA Studio Art (Full Scholarship).

2024
- Winner, Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art 2023 ($5,000 USD).

ART TALKS

2023
- Live interviewed by English France 24 TV, Paris.

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2023 – 2024
- The Accra Times – “Ghanaian artist Joseph Hoggar wins 2023 Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art”.

- 360GAZINE – “Joseph Kojo Hoggar – VANITIES”.

- The Guardian Nigeria – “Ghanaian artist brings his first monographic exhibition to Paris.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2026
- Instructor of Record, Basic Studio/Drawing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Fall Semester.
- Instructor of Record, Drawing Composition, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Spring Semester.

2025
- Teaching Assistant, Foundation Studio 1, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Fall Semester.

AFFILIATION

Member, blaxTARLINES, Kumasi, Ghana.


References provided on request