2026
ADP: Hey Priscilla, what art world advice would you give to your younger self?
PK: 1. Dear young Priscilla, please create dangerously and begin this journey with the weight of necessary knowledge. Read read read and read everything about life!
2. Just as you perceive the body, shape-shift and evolve! Try everything you love either deeply or simply on the surface while holding on relentlessly to your true path. The universe recognizes consistency.
3. There are so many versions of us. Don’t stop either of them, let each of them weave their narratives with more presence, take their beautiful turns and play their roles diligently, for they are your justifications.
4. The journey to the works you’re yet to create and the words you’re yet to have is a beautiful one but it requires a certain kind of hunger and curiosity. Be both hungry and curious.
Biography
Priscilla Kennedy (b. 1994) is an acclaimed Ghanaian contemporary artist based in Kumasi, Ghana. Her multidisciplinary practice combines figurative painting, tapestry, light works, and meticulous embroidery.
She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from KNUST and is a prominent member of the blaxTARLINES KUMASI art collective. Kennedy's work prominently subverts patriarchal structures by embedding delicate, seductive female embroidered forms onto culturally heavy fabrics, such as iridescent velvet, sequins, and traditional Kente.
Her critically acclaimed solo exhibitions with Gallery 1957 include A Thousand Disguises (2023) and Levitating in Thin Spaces (2024). She is a recipient of the 2022 Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize and the First Merit Award at the Barclays L'Atelier competition.
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