Eric Andre (b. 1985, Akumadan, Ashanti Region, Ghana) holds an MFA from the

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, and a BFA from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, GH. He became a Teaching and Research Assistant and a Principal Lab/Studio Technician in the Ceramics Department at KNUST. Eric was concurrently an Adjunct Professor (Foundation, 3D Design, and Ceramics Class) at the University of Arkansas and a Curator at Art Ventures Gallery. He also worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor and the head of the 3D Studio Art area (Ceramics and sculpture) at Stetson University, DeLand, FL. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art (Ceramics and sculpture) at Hope College, Holland-Michigan.

 

His practice explores immigrants' experiences of displacement, vulnerability, and negotiation of place to challenge the ubiquitous and complex sociocultural, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic control systems. As an interdisciplinary artist and educator in Ghana and the US, he has worked in different artistic environments and a cross-cultural and multimedia experience. He has held numerous solo exhibitions, and his works have been included in group exhibitions in Ghana and many venues across the United States.

 

His current exhibitions include “The Systemic Punches: Displacement Experience of the Vulnerable Immigrant” at Arts On Main, formerly the Center for Art and Education, in Van Buren, (2023) and FNAR Gallery, School of Art, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (2021)

 

Stetson Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Hand Art Center, University, Deland-Florida, (2023)

The fear of the fearless, Main Gallery (Wall Space) by CACHE, Springdale AR, (2023)

 

The Medium is The Message - The African Diaspora Story. Taylor Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, (2021)