Opoku Mensah is a research artist creator and creative designer. He has a contemplative practice and spends much time thinking and investigating, before creating conceptual performances, audio recordings, and texts. He presents his output to the viewer as an experiential learning process. much time thinking and investigating, before creating conceptual performances, audio recordings, and texts.

He presents his output to the viewer as an experiential learning process.
Mensah graduated from École National Supérieure Beaux-Arts in 2017. He has since participated in the Post Graduate Residency at the Van Eyck Academie and been a guest lecturer in the department of sculpture at the University of Chiang Mai. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, notably the 1st Lagos Biennial for Contemporary Art Living on the Edge, Afriques Capitales at La Grande Halle de la Villette, and the
Biennale of Dakar, International Exposition for Contemporary African Art. He had his first solo show Incantations Encounters at Chiang Mai Univerisity Art Gallery in 2018.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet locals and foreigners when I'm traveling.

Interests

• tango
• asian food
• project management
• mountain hiking
• art education

Music, Movies, and Books

Ayurveda and the mind; the healing of Consciousness (Dr. David Frawley)
Asanas and Pranayama with Illuminating Lives with Yoga (Geeta Iyer)
Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy (Sadhguru)
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Edwin F. Bryant)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crowd funded my way back to Ghana

Teach, Learn, Share

Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Life at a Farmstay
General Maintenance
Babysitting
creative play
Creating/ Cooking
family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Art Projects
Teaching

What I Can Share with Hosts

The visual arts workshops. I've conducted a curriculum which stands for opportunities to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills so that we can manage the complexity of our contemporary experiences and take responsibility for the future. It is a thorough programme conducted with the principles of making art in a way which integrates personal artistic practices into the much wider realm of reality. This curriculum is a path way for cultural exchange- to connect globally relevant ideas.

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Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Croatia, England, Germany, Italy, Laos, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Togo

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Netherlands, Thailand, United States