Prince Gyasi Nyantakyi

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Prince Gyasi Nyantakyi was born in 1995 in Ghana.  He has been recognized as Time's Next Generation Leader in visual artistry. He is also the co-founder of Boxedkids, a non-profit organization helping kids from Accra get an education.

Gyasi credits his love of photography, in part, to the adults in his life who supported his creative exploration from early childhood. His mother, a respected Ghanaian fashion designer, and a local photographer who ran a photo stand in the marketplace took Gyasi on as a kid apprentice.

“I used to play around with disposable cameras. I’d buy films. I’d spend time in the dark room [with the marketplace photographer] to see how he developed images. I’d try to recreate logos from places like McDonalds and Lego on Microsoft Paint,” says Gyasi, who embraces a multidisciplinary approach to artmaking (his background in sculpture and literature still provide him inspiration to this day). Using what was within reach at the time rather than waiting for so-called perfect circumstances proved essential.

Gyasi started taking pictures in 2011 and bought his first iPhone in 2014 which was his primary tool he uses in creating his art pieces at the time.  Even though he shot with DSLR and film camera's, he used the iPhone to distinguish himself from other visual artists and photographers to break the codes of elitist art.  His work is about conveying feelings through colors and giving the floor to the people that are left aside from the society.  He considers his use of colors as a source of therapy to his audience. Motherhood, Fatherhood, childhood can be considered as his most characteristic themes. In 2022, he collaborated with Balmain to do a retelling of The Little Prince through fashion and video.