Ananse Nipa Dua is not a single practice but a living tree — every artist, weaver, collective and partner a branch growing from the same root. Scroll to climb.
Explore the team in 360° →Founder · Lead Artist
Kusi Ampem Darko
01Founder · Lead Artist
Sculpture · Mixed Media · Performance
Born in Adanwomase, Kumasi — a community where the rhythm of the loom is the heartbeat of daily life. Custodian of Kente, practitioner of Nipadua, vessel for the message that the tree and the human body are one.
02Collaborator · Artist
Visual Art · Installation
A long-standing creative collaborator whose practice intersects with the Nipadua philosophy of material as relationship. Works alongside Ananse in studio, residency and community spaces.
03Community Partners
Textile · Kente Craft
Custodians of the Kente tradition from Adanwomase, the village where Kente first emerged. Supported through the Foundation's community grant, they integrate reclaimed fabric into the living cloth of memory.
04Artistic Partner
Community Art · Installation
A collective practice centered on inclusion, memory and public installation. Partners with Ananse on large-scale community works that bring art out of the white cube and into lived space.
05Environmental Partner
Community · Environmental Art
Artists and community organizers working on the Kokrobite shoreline — collecting beach plastic, running material-transformation workshops, and turning ecological grief into creative testimony.