Zohra Opoku (b. 1976, Altdöbern, Former GDR, lives and works in Accra, Ghana)
Zohra Opoku’s work explores identity, history, and resilience, focusing on contemporary Ghana. Using photography and textile-based processes, she examines how personal and collective narratives are shaped by cultural and socio-economic forces. Her screen-printed and alternative photographic techniques on natural fabrics blend the personal with the material, creating both intimate and universal works. In I pass by the house of the king. It is the cicada who brings me. O (you) who fly to heaven, who illuminates the son of the White Crown and who guards the White Crown. [I] shall be with you, joining the Great God. Make a path for me (so that) I may pass on it. (2020- 22), Opoku addresses fragmentation and healing, especially following her cancer diagnosis. The series visualizes the process of healing—physical and emotional—through intricate networks of roots, hands, and symbols on indigo surfaces. Opoku’s work is about reassembling the remnants of history, memory, and personal struggle into something new. Her practice reflects both vulnerability and endurance. She is represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Chicago.
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