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Profiling Visual Artist behind the art, Ben Agbee

Ben Agbee is one of the most successful Ghanaian artists, who has over the years
carved a niche for himself with extremely evocative works. He was inspired and directed by his uncle, Mr.Victor Ameyibor , who is also an outdoor advertising expert and a very versatile artist. Ben exhibits a talent that is marked original and vigorous .His paintings are vibrant and earthly colored , mainly of women in attractive clothing and incorporate unusual shapes.

His works consist of all kinds of all kinds of images, figures and symbols bordered on abstract, impressionism, landscapes and realism which lead to a myriad of interpretations. Ben Agbee has worked hard to provide for himself a platform to continuously devote his time to painting. His recent works resonate finely expressed forms of market women with a a controlled multiplicity of
colour and textures.

His use of the palette knife technique and brush work of the evokes silhouette forms gradually into unfinished yet plausible images. Agbee’s paintings constantly demonstrate his commitment to figurative compositions within market scenes, city scapes and music.

Ben has displayed his works in Ghana, Europe, Canada, Togo, the United states of America and New Zealand with some of his works being used for UNICEF post cards. His works are in numerous private collection worldwide. Ben generously donates part of his sales proceeds to assist young artists and to Opportunities Industrialization Centre where he was trained.

Some f his donations also go to the Cardio Thoraci Centre at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in
Accra-Ghana.

Ben Agbee’s collections has been reproduced on carrier bags, greeting cards, book marks and calendars sold in America through Wall
Mart and Smith Sonia and other parts of the world.

artist contact:
Ben Agbee
P.O.Box 6483, Accra North, Ghana
Cell: +233 208161680
Email: benagbee@yahoo.com
http://www.novica.com (search ben agbee)

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1989: The Loom Gallery, Accra
1990: Big Cat Art Gallery, Beaumont TX, USA
1991 Gold Coast Art Gallery, UK
1992-2014 Yearly shows at the Novotel Accra
Ghana and Golden Tulip
1994: Diaspora Art Gllery, Atlanta GA
Ghana Consulate Brussels Dorsey’s Art Gallery New York
Simons African Art Museum
1995: American Club House, Accra GC&GD, Weesperzijde, Amsterdam
Simons African Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Artful Greetings, Durham, NC
1996: American Diplomat’s Residence Accra
Artful Greetings, Durham, NC Black Business Resource, Toronto
1998: Artefiera, Bologna, Italy
1999: Nubian Echo Art Gallery, NY
2000: Gye Nyame Art Gallery, Beaumont, TX
2017: World Band Office Accra and Golden Tulip Hotel

Selected Group Exhibitions
Art Unlimited, San Diego CA 2003
Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra 2002
Novotel Accra 2004/ Novotel Accra 2005
National Museum, Accra 2007
GAVA-National Museum, Accra 2010
African Regeant Hotel, Accra
2001: Beamont Art Museum, Tx
2002: Rocky Mount, NC USA
2004: Lasting Impressions, Botany Town Centre Auckland
Novotel Accra Ghana,
San Diego Art Gallery
2005:Enyiba Cultural Centre, Richmond Virginia, USA
2006: Novotel, Accra-Ghana “Take One”
2008: Wavely House St.Louis, USA
2013: Novotel, Accra-Ghana “Wall to Wall”
2015: Novotel, Accra-Ghana “Africa Unlimited
– Father and Daughters first ever show together”
2017: Exposure to Ghanaian art and Culture ,American Embassy Ghana.
2017: “Beautiful Colours” Golden Tulip

 

Movenpick Hotel, Accra
Dufie Court, Accra
Data Bank, Accra
Fidelity Bank, Accra
TGR Helicorp Ltd. Auckand
Peter and Andrea Barry,
Hawkes Bay
Dr. Leon Sullivan
President of Surinam
Mr. & Mrs. Forgetty
(Former Canadian Ambassador to Ghana)
Glico Insurance, Ghana
Dr. & Mrs. Meadows, Michigan, USA
Dr. & Mrs. Harris, North Carolina, USA
Mrs. Ellen Lee (ex-diplomat), USA
Hsin Yin Machinery, Taichun, Taiwan
H.E. US former ambassador
Mrs. Mary Yetes
Dr. Med. Gabrielle Ayertey
-Wenzel, Koln Germany
Mr. Aboyi, Accra
Eagles Lodge, Takoradi-Ghana
Mr. Seth Dei of Lease Afrique, Ghana
H.E. Mrs. Nezha Alaoui M’hammdi (ambassador to the kingdom of Morocco)

 

Gava Greater Accra – Profiling the Artist behind the ART.

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Born in 1963 Nii T. Mills’s artistic skill dates far prior to his Art degree obtained from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1987. He believes Fine art is a calling. That is the explanation he gave to the encounter he had which took hold of him since his chidhood and wresteld with him through his youth all the way to adulthood. A compultion which grips him even today.

He was called into fine art quite early inspite of himself, Like many other fine artists he had other plans and he struggled to resist this calling until he became powerless against it. His earliest ambition was to become an advertiser. he actually recruited in an advertising firm to begin his carreer. Then he changed his mind and had a brief encounter with Accounting, courtesy his father. His desire changed again to Architecture, then to Planning. He decided to put everything aside and become an academic. That also changed and he went into business, transporting was a major issue in Ghana. But that same inner dissatisfaction and struggle moved him on into public service where he worked with the national broadcaster, Ghana Television, for an entire decade as a set designer. Mills often executes his works using oil on canvas, to express himself, exhibiting his diverse style. His anthropological compositions offer a cropped, but intriguing, window into typical West-African life. His voyeuristic approach lingers his audience towards a separated world. His subject matter and controlled impressionistic manner illuminate familiar West-African scenes. Mills shows his expansive talent in other works that explore his folklore skill, using schematic symbols designed in an asymmetrical grid-like plan.

Mills upholds his notoriety as a leading contemporary artist of Ghana, contributing his works to countless exhibitions in both Accra and London. He has exhibited in both Ghana and abroad.