Visual Artist & Co-founderBoxed Kids
Prince Gyasi is a Ghanaian international visual artist. He is the co-founder of Boxedkids, a non-profit organization helping kids from the slums of Accra get an education.
After finishing his secondary education at Accra Academy Senior high school in Accra, Prince started taking pictures in 2011. He bought his first iPhone in 2014 which became the primary tool he uses in creating his art pieces. He began with snapshots of friends, family, and models from his hometown of Ghana and then realized he could seriously use his phone as an instrument of creation and as a means of expression.
Using an iPhone to shoot is a way to distinguish his art from other visual artists and photographers and in doing so he breaks the codes of this singular and elitist art. His work is about conveying feelings through colors and giving the floor to marginalized people that are often left aside in society.
Prince considers his use of vibrant colors as a therapy to his audience and aims at leaving a “strong, positive imprint on the people’s heart and soul.” Some of his most poignant themes include motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood. Prince Gyasi was signed to Nil Gallery Paris in 2018 and had a solo show at the gallery in November 2018. His works have also been exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair 2018, the Pulse Miami Beach Contemporary art fair, and the Investec Cape Town art fair.
Recently, he was mentioned by Vanity Fair (magazine) as one of the top 9 visual artists to follow in 2018.
In December 2018, he worked with Apple Inc. on a project in Ghana entitled “A Great Day In Accra.” The documentary highlighted the HipLife music scene in Ghana. In this project, he shot Ghanaian HipLife musicians like Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Reggie Rockstone, Okyeame Kwame, among others.
