Ending 7th Jun, 2026 16:00
Olympia Timed: Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art 2026
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KWAKU KISSIEDU (GHANAIAN B.1971) AND KOBINA NYARKO (GHANAIAN B.1972)
(I) UNTITLED
(II) ORIGINS
(III) NORTHERS
(i) signed and dated KISS 02 lower right
(ii)-(iii) signed Kobina Nyarko lower right; inscribed on the reverse
(i) watercolour on paper
(ii)-(iii) acrylic on canvas
(i) 28.9 x 38.9cm; 11 3/8 x 15 3/8in
54 x 64cm; 21 1/4 x 25 1/4in (framed)
(ii) 39.5 x 60.2cm; 15 1/2 x 23 5/8in
53.8 x 73.8cm; 21 1/4 x 29in (framed)
(iii) 39.5 x 60.2cm; 15 1/2 x 23 5/8in
53.8 x 73.8cm; 21 1/4 x 29in (framed)
(3)
Property from a Private Collection, London
Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, where he has been instrumental in reforming fine art pedagogy and co-founded the influential artistic platform blaxTARLINES Kumasi. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut Accra, and venues across the United States and the Netherlands. Kobina Nyarko studied Industrial Art at KNUST, graduating in 2003. Nyarko's signature works feature swarms of vibrantly coloured fish on large-scale canvases, addressing global environmental concerns, particularly ocean pollution and overfishing, through distinctly Ghanaian marine imagery. His work has been exhibited internationally and acquired by embassies and institutions across Ghana and beyond.
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(I) UNTITLED
(II) ORIGINS
(III) NORTHERS
(i) signed and dated KISS 02 lower right
(ii)-(iii) signed Kobina Nyarko lower right; inscribed on the reverse
(i) watercolour on paper
(ii)-(iii) acrylic on canvas
(i) 28.9 x 38.9cm; 11 3/8 x 15 3/8in
54 x 64cm; 21 1/4 x 25 1/4in (framed)
(ii) 39.5 x 60.2cm; 15 1/2 x 23 5/8in
53.8 x 73.8cm; 21 1/4 x 29in (framed)
(iii) 39.5 x 60.2cm; 15 1/2 x 23 5/8in
53.8 x 73.8cm; 21 1/4 x 29in (framed)
(3)
Property from a Private Collection, London
Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, where he has been instrumental in reforming fine art pedagogy and co-founded the influential artistic platform blaxTARLINES Kumasi. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Alliance Française, Goethe-Institut Accra, and venues across the United States and the Netherlands. Kobina Nyarko studied Industrial Art at KNUST, graduating in 2003. Nyarko's signature works feature swarms of vibrantly coloured fish on large-scale canvases, addressing global environmental concerns, particularly ocean pollution and overfishing, through distinctly Ghanaian marine imagery. His work has been exhibited internationally and acquired by embassies and institutions across Ghana and beyond.
Auction: Olympia Timed: Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art 2026, ending 7th Jun, 2026
If you want to start collecting striking modern and contemporary art in a newly developing market, our sales are for you. Each spring and autumn, the Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Department hold tightly curated, live and online auctions. Expect to find Arab artists such as Rabab Nemr, Ahmed Farid, Seif Wanly and Fateh Moudarres. African artists featured have ranged from modern masters such as Ablade Glover, Sam Ntiro and Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, to contemporary artists George Lilanga, Jilali Gharbaoui, Famakan Magassa, Christano Mangovo, Oluwole Omofemi, Esther Mahlangu and Brett Seiler.
