El Anatsui - Press - Recognition

Prizes and Honours

2000                Founding Member and Fellow, Forum for African Arts.           

                        Member, International Selection Committee, Dakar Biennale, Dakar, Senegal.

1999                The Public's Prize, 7th Triennale der Kleinplastik, Stuttgart, Germany.

1998                Bronze Prize, 9th Osaka Sculpture Triennale, Osaka, Japan.

1995                Kansai Telecasting Corporation Prize, 3rd Osaka Sculpture Triennale, Osaka, Japan.

1991                Founding Member, Pan-African Circle of Artists (PACA).

1990                Honorable Mention (Joint), 44th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

1969                Best Student of the Year, College of Art, University of Science and Technology,

                        Kumasi, Ghana.                       

1968                Honorable Mention, First Ghana National Art Competition, Accra, Ghana.


International Exchanges and Workshops

2003                Residency, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

                        Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

                        Visiting Artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, UAS.

                        Visiting Artist, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.

                        Visiting Artist, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, USA.

2001                Residency and Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri Centre, Umbertide, Italy.

1999                Cyfuniad International Artists Workshop, Plas Caerdeon, Barmouth, Wales, UK.

1997                International Visitor, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA.

                        Ondambo- International Forum for African Artists, Windhoek, Namibia.

1996                Visiting Artist, International People's College. Helsingør, Denmark

                        Images of Africa, Helsingør and Copenhagen, Denmark

1993                International Visitors Program, USA.

1990-1992       World Council Member, International Society for Education through Art (INSEA),

1990                International Visitors Program, USA.

1985                Visiting Artist, Cornwall College, Redruth, UK.

1984                Zweites Symposium Nordseeküste, Cuxhaven, Germany

1982-1985       World Council Member, International Society for Education through Art (INSEA).

1980                 Artist-in-Residence, Cummington Community of Arts, Massachusetts, USA.