Nuku Studio presents “Bicycles Forever - Tamale”, a photo exhibition about the rich history and cultural significance of bicycles in Ghana with a special focus on Tamale.

The exhibition is part of the project "Cycling Cities: The African Experience" which aims to explore and document the evolution of bicycle commuting in various African cities. It highlights the importance of considering local contexts in developing cycling cultures and emphasises the need for scholarly research to inform policy decisions.

Nuku Studio presents “James Barnor: A Retrospective”, a photo exhibition taking place at Nuku Studio’s Centre for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale, as part of the James Barnor Festival, celebrating Barnor’s 95th birthday from Wednesday 29 May until 29 June 2024.

Nuku Studio presents “Sɛ nsuo su a - When water cries”, a photo exhibition by Fibi Afloe and Amelie Koerbs. The outdoor exhibition in the garden of Nuku Studio’s Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale explores the life in communities along the Black and White Volta river as well as the Volta lake.

On 10 November 2023 at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale, Nuku Studio opened the pop-up exhibition titled “[re]fractions”. It brings together a collection of photographic work by Fibi Afloe, Abdul-Haqq Mahama, Misper Apawu, Ofoe Amegavie, Francis Kokoroko, Eric Gyamfi and Nii Obodai.

From 4 November 2023 to 15 April 2024, Nuku Studio’s Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale was transformed for Routes of Rebellion, a major solo exhibition of films and audio-visual media by Jesse Weaver Shipley. The show explores how revolutionaries transform our perception. The works draw on the aesthetics of anti-imperial cultural and political movements from the 1970s through 2000s, tracing the paths that radical artists, athletes, and thinkers travel in confronting power. Shipley’s images and sonic work challenge narrative conventions and experiment with storytelling by blending documentary, fiction, music video, and experimental techniques. The exhibition space was designed using upcycled bales of used clothing embodying how aesthetics are always both the material and the ephemeral.

On 8 April 2023, Nuku Studio opened a Retrospective on “Northern Ghana Life”. The exhibition showcased a selection of photographs of the “Northern Ghana Life” project which brought together a group of national and international photographers to document stories from Northern Ghana which were first displayed during the 2018 Nuku Photo Festival.

Works of the following photographers will be exhibitied: Dennis Akuoku-Frimpong, Abdulai Adam, Gerard Nartey, Peter DiCampo, Eric Gyamfi, Francis Kokoroko, Bénédicte Kurzen, Nii Obodai and Patrick Willocq.

On 12 November 2022, Nuku Studiovopened the "Tracing Emerging Ecologies" exhibition with works by Baerbel Mueller, Eric Gyamfi, Juergen Strohmayer, and Nii Obodai. Tracing Emerging Ecologies explored the emergence of new ecological realities. The ambition of this project was to make processes of urban transformation visible and reveal narratives that will contribute meaningfully to the ongoing contestations of the city.

Since 2018, Nuku Studio has been part of the “Gold Matters” Project. An international team of researchers and artists examined how social transformations towards sustainable mining futures are possible. The concluding photography exhibition featured Nii Obodai’s photo project “Big Dreams, Life Built on Gold”. It captured an intimate portrait of the mining community in Kejetia (Gbane in the Upper East region of Ghana). The exhibition was on display at Nuku Studio’s Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale from 18 July until 31 October 2022.