Kofi Perry

Cooke Latham Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibtion by Kofi Perry (b.1998, Sidon). Perry is an American-Iranian contemporary artist whose work reimagines ancient history and contemporary Black American culture. His large-scale narrative paintings, made with peinture à l’essence on canvas, overlay architectural landscapes with symbolic objects and the human figure. His figuration offers a personal take on classicism, drawing from the shared aesthetics of ancient civilisations: anatomical idealization, round and simple forms and frieze compositions. In addition to Perry ’s large paintings, his intimate portraits, museal still life paintings, ceramics, and sound works all build on a continuous...

Studio Portrait of Kofi Perry. Photo: Christian Cassie.

Kofi Perry (b. 1998, Saida, Lebanon) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, and completed his BFA Hons at City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK (2022). His debut institutional solo exhibition "Remnants From the Distant Future" opened in 2024 at the Lightbox Gallery in Woking, UK. Recent exhibitions include ‘portrait of an artist (pool with two ...

Kofi Perry (b. 1998, Saida, Lebanon) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, and completed his BFA Hons at City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK (2022). His debut institutional solo exhibition "Remnants From the Distant Future" opened in 2024 at the Lightbox Gallery in Woking, UK. Recent exhibitions include ‘portrait of an artist (pool with two figures)’, Cob, London ( 2024); 1-54 Art Fair with DADA Gallery, ‘Tender Communions’, DADA Gallery, London (2024); the Ingram Prize, Cromwell Place, London (2023); and D Contemporary, London (2023). He is the recipient of the Charles Toppan Prize (2020), the Baton Fine Art Prize (2022), and the Ingram Prize (2023).