About
“Somewhere between storyteller and systems thinker.”
Hi, I’m Araba.
I practice the art of repurposing. I care deeply about the systems that bind us together as human beings and find myself somewhere on the spectrum between art and design. My journey began with documentary photography but has since evolved to include principles of sustainablity, systems thinking and service design.
As a Ghanaian-American experience designer working internationally, I understand the importance of perception and the need to shift it in order to change inadequacies in our current systems. My experiences focus on the repurposing of materials and physical spaces to facilitate the creation of value for local communities.TALKS
“Get Bodied: Recapturing the Body Image”, "Rise and Run" TEDxPenn Conference, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, USA, 2017
"Invisible. Invincible”, TEDxPenn Launch Event, Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia, USA, 2016
EXPERIENCES/EXHIBITIONS
WET. LIMBO ACCRA, Accra, Ghana. May 2022
The New Black Vanguard. International Travelling Exhibition, 2021-2022.
JUST ENOUGH, Peach Studio NYC, Queens New York, USA 2021
“c.f. film studios presents: introduction” Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia 2018
Patricia & Howard Silverstein 2017 Havana Studio Abroad, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, USA 2017
Visual Studies Senior Thesis Exhibition, Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, US, 2017
Chi Boys, YO:U, Chicago, USA, 2017
HUMAN: Projections of Intersectionality, Philomathean Society, Philadelphia, USA, 2016
APPEARED IN
Whetstone Magazine, “THESE HANDS” photography essay. COVER STORY. Volume 09: Origin Foraging, April 2022. Print.
“Reframing the Future” photographic print sale, fundraising initiative, 2020.
Off Kilter Magazine, “Barry Farms” photo essay, Issue 004: A New Era, December 2019