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Daniel Kojo Schrade
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Daniel Kojo Schrade
Professor of Art
Daniel Kojo Schrade studied in Germany and Spain. He received an M.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany.
His paintings and installations have been presented internationally, including at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Oaxaca, Mexico; Alliance Francais in Kumasi, Ghana; Haus der Kunst in Munchen, Germany; Muzej Grada in Rijeka, Croatia, and the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. He has taught painting at the Kwame Nkrumah University in Ghana, the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, and the State Academy Rotenfels in Germany.
His work includes repeated motifs such as the "Afronaut" figure, and textual elements in the cycle entitled "Brother Beethoven," a series he started in 1999.
Daniel Kojo Schrade was a Copeland Fellow at Amherst College and has received grants and awards from the Cusanuswerk Foundation in Bonn, Germany, the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, and the District Government of Bavaria. His work is represented in various permanent collections such as those of the Museo de Cuenca, Spain; MACO, Mexico; the Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlung, Munich; Collection Diehl, Silvaplana-Swiss; and Collection Morat, Freiburg-Germany.