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.

We’ve started off the new year with a new collaboration: Nuku Studio in Ghana and Hangar in Portugal are joining forces to foster an artist exchange between the two countries - through an artist-in-residency programme. The first artist-in-residence from Ghana - Ofoe Amegavie - just concluded his one month residency at Hangar with a presentation of his ongoing project “Between Sand and Water”.

Nuku Studio’s Art Residency at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale offers a home away from home, a quiet place to explore and experiment in a new environment. The 1-3 month residency program allows artists to work on a project of their choice, independently or through artistic exchanges with other local and international artists.

Nuku Studio is launching its Volunteer Programme at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale, Northern Ghana.

Nuku Studio, in collaboration with Red Clay Studios, presents “Routes of Rebellion”, an exhibition of film and aural-visual media by Jesse Weaver Shipley. Eleven films explore the journeys that artists, musicians, athletes, and soldiers take in reinventing their worlds and charting routes of rebellion.

Nuku Studio is delighted to announce the screening of “Certain Winds from the South” directed by Eric Gyamfi and written with Moshood Hamza Balogun at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale.

By basing themselves outside of Accra, Nuku Studio provides space and time for Ghanaian and international photographers to develop their craft. Read the full article by Vanessa Peterson for frieze.

Nuku Studio is looking for emerging photographers to join the Nuku Team in Tamale. You will be working in a small team for 3, 6 or 12 months, and you will be able to pursue and strengthen your personal interests.

Nuku Studio invites the public to visit the "Tracing Emerging Ecologies" exhibition with works by Baerbel Mueller, Eric Gyamfi, Juergen Strohmayer, and Nii Obodai.

In 2020, three talents were selected for the West Africa Visual Journalism Fellowship, the World Press Photo Foundation’s new educational program in partnership with the Chocolonely Foundation: Ofoe Amegavie, Ghana; Adrien Bitibaly, Burkina Faso; and Aka Aboubakhr Thierry Kouame, Côte d'Ivoire.

The Noorderlicht International Photo Festival is putting out an Open Student Call for the second time. The theme of the 28th edition of the festival in the summer of 2021 is ‘The Makeable Mind’, which explores the relationship between visual culture and reality. What is the influence of visual technologies, communication media and (citizen) journalism on our thinking? Deadline for submissions: 17 May 2021.

It is with sadness that we received the news that our friend and sponsor, Henri Wientjes, passed away on 6 January 2021. Henri was a very passionate supporter of Nuku Studio’s educational and photography community.

Nuku’s Nii Obodai has been working in residence in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the UK with art and environment organisation Invisible Dust. The residency culminates in a new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, titled ‘Of Natural Magic’, which explores the waterways of the region and the people that they conjoin and influence.