Delasi Kekeli Anyah known in the art space as Dela Anyah is a Ghanaian contemporary artist born in 1986,who at age four tried countless times to replicate an impressionist style painting of a farm which hung in their hall.
Greatly inspired by the concept of being born again(rebirth),Avant-garde fashion,Asian calligraphy,traditional African art and African naming customs,Dela opted for his style of art because he sees value in discarded objects and loves the concept of up-cycling.
This is why he continues to explore the materiality of discarded inner tubes,using garment making techniques such as weaving and patchwork while addressing environmental issues linked to polymer waste.
After partaking in an open call by Alliance Francais d’Accra in 2018 to create an artwork for the “International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women” for which he was shortlisted,Dela began an in-depth study on traditional African art ,focusing on the use of found objects as an artistic medium.
Having participated in a number of groups exhibitions both nationally and internationally,he had his first solo exhibition in 2019 in Accra,Ghana and has since had about three solo exhibitions with the most recent one being “Elementary Rebirth” which was held at the Nubuke Foundation from May to June,2023.
Dela wants his viewers to not only focus on the beauty and interesting look of his works but rather look beyond and connect with each piece in such a way that they feel just as beautiful and unique as the works they’re viewing because it doesn’t matter how low,discarded or worthless an object may be,it still has value and therefore when applied to humans,one must trust the master artist(God) to be able to turn even the seemingly hopeless and wasted life into a beautiful and a life worth living.
CREATIVE FACTORY ✍🏼🖼 