Career
He is known primarily for his work in collage, and has been described as similar to Keith Piper and Isaac Julien in his output. Some of his pieces depict boxers, such as Jack Johnson and Mohammad Ali. Donkor has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, both in the United States and in Europe, and was Ghana"s representative to the 2001 Venice Biennale.
His work is in the collection of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
Donkor was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and in 1973 at the age of nine moved to London, where he later was a student at Street Martins College of Art (1989). He did graduate studies in Barcelona, Spain, with support from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1991-1992), and in 1994 participated in the Thapong International Artists Workshop in Botswana.
He went on to gain a master"s degree in African art history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (1995). He has exhibited in Cuba, Mexico, the United States, Europe and Africa.
He represented Ghana at the 2001 Venice Biennale, for which he was commissioned to present a new work, an installation entitled Lord Byron’s Drawing Room.
