b. 1980
British Ghanaian artist and curator Enam Gbewonyo studied BA European Textile Design at Bradford School of Art and Design, and began her career as a knitwear designer in New York.
Now a practising studio artist Gbewonyo’s practice investigates identity, womanhood, and humanity through the mediums of textiles and performance. She also advocates handcraft’s spiritual healing powers, using processes like embroidery, knit, weave, print and wire-work.
Gbewonyo completed a residency programme at the Dakar based Black Rock Senegal, founded by Kehinde Wiley, and was the 2022 winner of The NAE Exhibition Prize, with a planned exhibition at the New Art Exchange, Nottingham UK in 2024