Biography
Vincent Frimpong is a contemporary ceramic artist born in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. He holds an M.F.A from the University of Arkansas and a B.A. in Industrial Arts (Ceramics option) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. His works are shown in multiple group exhibitions, and recently had two solo exhibitions; Reserved: I woke up to a Dream at Curfman gallery in Colorado State University, CO and The Frimpong Case in Fayetteville, AR. He was awarded The Windgate Accelerator Grant from the University of Arkansas, The Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts (C.I.R.C.A), the Midsouth Dianne Komminsk sculpture winner, and the 2023 The Medium (CACHE)- Creative Exchange Fund (CXF) MARs Award Recipient. He received the 2022 Zenobia award from Watershed in Maine, the 2022 Windgate University Fellowship Awardee for Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Maxwell-Hanrahan Haystack Recipient for the 2023 Fellowship, John Glick Penland School of Craft Scholarship 2023, and the Creative Exchange fund Grant from Art Ventures Gallery.