FAMILY NAME      Akindiya

FIRST NAME         Rasheed Olaniyi

BRUSH NAME       Akirash

DATE OF BIRTH   25th of January 1973

NATIONALITY      Nigerian

FOR LETTERS       P.O. Box NM 2

Nima, Accra

Ghana

FOR PARCELS      Black Roots

                             C 94/5 Keta Close, off Nima Police Station

OCCUPATION       Visual Artist / Performance / Video art / Art therapist/photography/installation/sound.

EDUCATION        

1992-1995 Institute of Textile; Technology, Arts & Design (ITTAD), Lagos, Nigeria

Diploma in Art

                             2009  Organiser and Coordinator of art in public spaces,                                   Akanmajay Community Park, Jamestown, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  Art Therapist in the Psychiatric Hospital of Accra, Ghana

                             Mentor of upcoming craftsmen and artists in Accra, Ghana

                   2005  Mentor for Students of Art from the University of New York                     in Accra, Ghana
2003  Coordinator of the project “Arts and Aids”, Accra, Ghana;                        Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Cotonuo, Benin; Lagos, Nigeria

2003  Organizer of the exhibition “Wake the Talent” for children,Accra, Ghana

Association of Fine Art Graduates, Nigeria

Ghana Association of Visual Art, Ghana

National Conference of Artist, Ghana

Pan-African Circle of Artist, Nigeria/Ghana

Art in Aktion, Ghana

Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA), Ghana

Accra CAN, Ghana

                 2008  Back to School, European Week, France & German                                   Embassy, Alliance Francaise, Accra, Ghana

2008   Black/White?, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

                   2007  Lines into Shapes, Alliance Francaise, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  Work in Progress, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  Quest and Question, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  Work in Progress, Cotonou, Benin

                   2005  Slide Talk Show, Parakou, Benin

2005  Slide Talk Show, Alexandria, Egypt

2005  Glamour in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

                   2003  Arts and Aids, Ghana Museum and Monument, Accra, Ghana

2003  Akirash First Step, Ghana Museum and Monument, Accra,      Ghana

              GroupExhibitions  

2010  Art for Charity, Keirin Cultue,Roanoke, VA, USA                                                                                                                                      2009      2009  NSOROMA, Dei Center, Accra – Ghana

2009      Freedom to create prize, Singapore. 

2009    SOCA ART FEST 09, fort fredreik museum, fredrieksted, st.croix, Virgin island. USA.

 2009  Sansa 3 Residency, National Center for Culture, Kumasi,                           Ghana

     2008  Artcroft Residency, Kentucky, USA

     2008  Nigth of Art, Bluesky Residency, Starline Gallery Harvard –

         Chicago USA
2008  City After 50, FCA, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

          2008  KIC NORD ART, Büdelsdorf, Germany

          2007  Migration, Virtual Residency, Völklingen, Germany
2007  East Africa Biennale (Eastafab 2007), Dar sallam, Tanzania 2007   “GHANA @ 50 SCULPTURE” ,By French Embassy Ghana, Museum & Monuments Accra – Ghana.

2007  Breaking Barriers Workshop, FCA, Alliance Francaise,Accra,   Ghana
2007  HIV/Aids, FCA, Residency of the Canadian Amb.Accra,          Ghana

                   2007  Food for Life, FCA/WFP, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

2007  Spring Salon 07, Energy Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2006  Tales of two Cities, FCA and European Union Week, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

2006  Art in the Garden 10, Canada Ambassador Residence, Accra,                    Ghana

2006 Staff and Student of New York University Ghana, Du Bois Center, Accra, Ghana

2006 Art in the Garden 9, Francophone Weeks, Ambassador de France Residence, Accra, Ghana

2005 Environmental Festival Week, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

2005  Small Works Big City, European Union Month, Accra, Ghana

2005  First Gava Month Exhibition, Ghana Museum, Accra, Ghana

2005  Treasures from the Store, Loom Gallery, Accra, Ghana

2005  Art in the Garden 7, Foundation for Contemporary Art Ghana        and Ambassador de France Residence, Accra, Ghana

2005  East African Biennale (Eastafab 2005), Darsalam, Tanzania

2005 Unfinished Art Competition and Exhibition, Callifornia, USA

2005 Second Edition Spanish Rapid Painting Competition, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

                   2004            Art in Action (KPEHE), European Union Month, Accra, Ghana

2004  Gava/Shell Art Competition and Exhibition, Accra, Ghana

                   2004            Afrika Heritage, 5th Biennale of Paca, Enugu, Nigeria

2003                      Art in the Garden 8, Coming Together, 14th February, Accra,                              Ghana

                    2002  Dream State, Calanda Gallery, USA       

                    2001  Pan-African Circles of Artists, Lagos, Nigeria/ Accra, Ghana

                   2000  Junior Art Club Exhibition, British Council, Accra, Ghana

                    2000  Junior Art Club Exhibition, Italy

2000  Collection of Art, Annual Exhibition, Germany

1999  National Conference of Artists, Ghana Museum, Accra, Ghana

1999  Joint Exhibition on Polio, Port Novo, Benin

1998  Chiropractic Exhibition, Life University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1997  Unknown Artists, Art Center (CNC), Accra, Ghana

1997  Newton & Winston Competition, England

1997  L`Afrique, Abidjan, Cote d`Ivoir

1997  Academy Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria

1995 School Exhibition, Lagos, Nigeria

         2008  Black/White?, Goethe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  Virtual Residency Völklingen Germany

                   2005  Unfinished Works, art competition about the continuing fight against HIV/AIDS, AIDS Service FoundationOrange County, Irvine, California, USA

                   2005  Small Works – Big City, FCA/WFP/European Union, Ghana catalogue, cover and page 20

                   2004 Overcoming Maps 3, reports of PACA study-tour of Africa  catalogue, page 160

2004  Certificate of Participation, Gava-Shell Petroleum, Accra, Ghana

                    2010   The Mail, “A DECADE OF CREATIVITIES” Edition March

                   2007 Daily Guide, “Artists contribute to HIV/AIDS stigma reduction”, edition No.1935, 29th of January 2007, Accra,                       Ghana

                   2007  The Heritage, “Artists contribute to HIV/AIDS stigma reduction”, edition vol. 4, No. 505, 26th of January 2007,                        Accra, Ghana

                   2007 Accra Daily Mail, “Artists fight HIV/AIDS stigma”, edition January

                   2006  The Accra Daily Mail, “Opening of international art-workshop at Alliance Francaise”, 22nd of November 2006, Accra,                       Ghana

                   2006  TheH eritage, “International artists attend workshop at Alliance Francaise”, edition vol. 4, No. 485, 24th of                                   November 2006, Accra, Ghana              

                   2006  The Ghanaian Times, “Quest and Question”, edition No.14,

                             17th of June 2006, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  Public Agenda, “Art in the Garden stuns”, 19th of May 2006, Accra, Ghana

                   2006  The Ghanaian Times, “Ghanaian artists mount exhibition”,  edition No. 14, 836, 27th of May 2006, Accra, Ghana

                   2005  Graphics Showbiz, “50 artists at once”, Gava monthly long exhibition, 4th of August 2005, Accra, Ghana

                   2005  Graphics Showbiz, “Music garnishes Art in the Garden”, edition No. 397, 9th of November 2005, Accra, Ghana

                   2004  Graphics Showbiz, “Akirash exhibition ends”, edition No.306,

                             21st of January 2004, Accra, Ghana

                   2002  Graphics Showbiz, “Are you fit?”, edition No. 226,

                             27th June - 3rd July 2002, Accra, Ghana

                    2010  Go ingenious Award, Santa Monica CA, USA

                   2007  “Who are you to judge?”, international stigma reduction art-workshop by FCA, Ghana AIDS Commission and JICA

                   2006   “GHANA MEET ETHIOPIAN” International workshop by French embassy Accra, Alliance francaise Accra. Fca Ghana.

                   2006 "Design changes the Environment", exhibition and