Born in Accra, Ghana
Lives and works in Portland, Oregon
Education
Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra, Ghana
Solo Exhibitions
2024
'Accra! The Rise of a Global Art Community' Featuring Amoako Boafo and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2023
'Superficial Incisions', Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
2022
'BLACK RODEO: Cowboys of the 21st Century', Almine Rech, Brussels
'Otis Quaicoe: (s)kin deep', Portland Art Museum, OR, US
2021
'Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe: 2021 Artist in Residence', Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida, US
'ONE BUT TWO (Haadzii)', Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California, US
2020
Black Like Me, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California, US
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
'When We See Us A Century of Black Figuration in Painting', Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; touring to Bozar Bruxelles, Belgium
'Some Dogs Go to Dallas', Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, US
'Cowboy', The Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter), Fort Worth, TX, US
2023
'Singular Views: 25 Artists', Rubell Museum DC, Washington, DC, US
'Cowboy', MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado, US
'Au bout de mes rêves', Vanhaerents Art Collection, Tripostal, Lille, France
'The Cabin LA Presents : A Curated Flashback', Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, US
'The Echo of Picasso', Museo Picasso Malaga, Spain
2022
'Inheritance | Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe & Ivan McClellan', The Lumber Room, Portland, Oregon, US
'In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection | Featuring Amoako Boafo, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Betye Saar and Kehinde Wiley', Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Arizona, US
'Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection', ICA Miami, US
2021
'Ontology', Ross & Krmer, New York, NY, US
'The Show Will Go On', Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
'Life in Flowers', Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
'Salon de Peinture', Almine Rech, New York, NY, US
'Un Hiver à Paris', Almine Rech, Paris, Turenne, France
'Friend Zone', Half Gallery, New York, NY, US
'August Presentation', Almine Rech, Aspen, Colorado, US
2020
'Painting Someone', Almine Rech, Shanghai, China|
'Synchronicity', Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California, US
'BLACK VOICES / BLACK MICROCOSM', CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm, Sweden Spirited Robot, Chale Wote Art Festival, Accra, Ghana
2018
'Agony & Ecstasy', Gresham City Hall Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
'Au Naturel', Royal Nebeker Art Gallery, Astoria, Oregon, US
'The Open Show', Gresham City Hall Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
'Nuts & Bolts', Gresham City Hall Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
2017
'Spirited Robot', Chale Wote Art Festival, Accra, Ghana
'Never Ending Story of African Children', Hos Oona Gallery, Vejle, Denmark
2016
'Let’s Talk Shit', Alliance Francaís UNICEF Collective Show, Accra, Ghana
'Collective Show', African Contemporary Gallery (ACAG), Hamburg, Germany
'Black-ish', Helina Aminu's Pop Up Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
'Serendipity', Accra City Hotel, Accra, Ghana
2015
'Habitation', Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra, Ghana
'Circle of Life', Novotel Hotel, Accra, Ghana
2014
'Gate way', Ferrie Glien, Pretoria, South Africa
Awards and Honors
Artist-in-Residence, Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida, US
La Brea Studio Residency, Los Angeles, California, US
Public Collections
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Pérez Art Museum Miami, US
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Denver Art Museum, Colorado, US
Phoenix Art Museum
