Owusu-Ankomah, 1956–2025

Owusu-Ankomah was born in 1956 in Sekondi, Ghana. Between 1971 and 1974 he studied at the Ghanatta College of Art in Accra. Beginning in 1979, he traveled extensively through Europe, connecting with artists and galleries. Since 1986, he lived and worked in Bremen, Germany.

The Asanteman system of *adinkra* symbols forms a recurring foundation for his large-scale canvases. He reinterprets these traditional signs within a contemporary art context while preserving much of their original philosophical meaning.

In his more recent work, Owusu-Ankomah explored scientific, technological, metaphysical, and spiritual themes — including human evolution, consciousness, the non-locality of the soul, and its eternal progression. He believed that ancient, highly advanced civilizations predating Egypt possessed deep knowledge of sacred geometry, which he integrated into his paintings.

His later works also incorporate crop-circle imagery, which he viewed as evidence of humanity’s connection to other intelligent life in the universe. Between 2004 and 2008, he lived as a hermit, dedicating himself to meditation and research. During this period, he coined the term *Microcron*, which he described as the “ultimate symbol” — a unifying symbol accompanied by its own theory and philosophy.

Owusu-Ankomah exhibited widely throughout Germany and internationally, including Britain, the United States, Europe, South Africa, South America, and Asia.

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