Vanessa Amoah Opoku – Sophiensæle | Freies Theater in Berlin
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Vanessa Amoah Opoku
Vanessa Amoah Opoku is a German-Ghanaian interdisciplinary artist who explores history, digitality and marginalized narratives through mixed realities. She uses art, science and technology to challenge conventional notions of innovation and visions of the future. Her main artistic mediums include 3D scans, video, sculpture, performance and sound. Opoku has had solo exhibitions at EIGEN+ART Lab in Berlin, Synnika Frankfurt a. M. and HBS Research Center of the Times Museum Guangzhou. She has exhibited in institutions such as Belvedere 21 Vienna, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Fotomuseum Winterthur and Staatstheater Nürnberg. She was recently nominated for the S+T+ARTS Prize 2025 by the European Commission and Ars Electronica. In addition to her artistic practice, Opoku teaches at the HGK Basel FHNW, Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM), among others. She lives and works in Berlin and Basel.