ZEAL

nii.a.k's (Allen Kwabena Frimpong) body of work is about practicing ritual as a conceptual artist utilizing cultural design and production through resourceful cooperative equitable practices. Through his processes he produces multimedia anthologies as a form of political education via his art. nii.a.k's whose roots trace back to the Ga and Asante peoples in Ghana, West Africa grounds his experimental work as a reprisal and evolution of spiritual work and play. He roots his process in the famous trickster folklore tales of ananse the spider that expands across the Black diaspora with origins among the Akan-Asante people in Ghana. He is also the co-founder of Zeal, a worker-owned creative arts studio alliance that create spaces for Black artists to thrive across the diaspora.

For full artist statement - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R0sYjZS_Xfxg6aj0TiNfGemqTS7l74miXlJX9ke92fA/edit