Nana YaaSerwaah Akuoku

Alumni

Nana YaaSerwaah Akuoku

Nana YaaSerwaah Akuoku is a NYC based WearableArt Designer and visual-Artist of Ghanaian heritage and American nationality. Akuoku, an Alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology; is acknowledged for her conceptual wearables that obscure boundaries between “traditional” art, fashion and technology.

The uniqueness of Akuoku’s practice is in conceptualizing innovative methodologies of approaching fashion design by removing preconceived notions of what objects and their uses are and in doing so, reshaping their context to express narratives related to identity, introspection and culture. She often refers to concepts in science, technology and contemporary art within her fashion-based practice. Akuoku is recipient of the Wassaic Project’s Winter 2019 Teaching Fellowship. In Fall 2020, Her works were on view at NORDSTORM NYC as part of the Fashion film installation presented by artist Diane Smith. Past installations include Afrochella festival, the Ghana Tech Summit and The Black Gala at the Accra Science and Technology Museum in
West Africa. Her designs have been highlighted by publications such as Allure, Essence, and New York Times Style. In 2019, Her work “”Rapunzel”” was worn by the opening performer of the prestigious “Wearable-Art-Gala”; Headed by philanthropist and Beyoncé’s mother; Ms.Tina Knowles-Lawson.