African art collective ADDO Gallery has been honoured for its unique collection of detailed works made with recycled sawdust, winning the prestigious ‘Best New Exhibitor’ award at Red Dot Miami 2024.

Award Recognition at Red Dot Miami

The renowned mixed media artist from Ghana, Alfred Addo, has been presented with one of the most prestigious awards by Red Dot Miami for his gallery featuring a collection of art developed alongside his three younger brothers.

The “Best New Exhibitor” award was presented by Redwood Art Group’s Marketing Managing Director, Linda Mariano, for the collective works featured in Addo Gallery curated by lead artist Alfred Addo. This adds to Addo’s growing list of award-winning accomplishments, including “Best of Show” at the Naples Fine Art Show in Florida; “Award of Excellence” at the Estero Fine Art Show in Fort Myers, Florida and “Award of Excellence” at the Boca Raton Fine Art Show in Florida. Representing the nation of Ghana, among the hand-picked talent from Africa at this year’s Red Dot Miami, Alfred Addo presented works created by his famed signature technique of sawdust and recycled plastics, together with a number of ethnic-themed and contemporary paintings in acrylic and resin and sawdust by his brothers. This is the first time Addo Gallery has exhibited its collection of works by the family of brothers during Miami Art Week.

“It was an honour to have been awarded Best New Exhibitor by Redwood Art Group at this year’s Red Dot Miami,” says Alfred Addo. “This year was our first time exhibiting the gallery’s series of work by all four brothers during Miami Art Week, and the diversity of our collection really resonated with attendees. Trends within the art world are changing every year, so it’s important that we adapt our traditional style of ethnicity to include some contemporary-themed works to enhance a global appeal. The story behind our collection will always originate from our roots in Africa, and our style of work developed over the generations of family history has helped us garner a new legion of collectors.”

Alfred Addo: Artist and Innovator

Georgia-based and international award-winning artist Alfred Addo is well known on the African continent and in his native Ghana for his eclectic and dynamic artworks that capture the spirit of the Ghanaian people, while promoting sustainable development through his signature technique that adopts a distinctive multi-layered approach. With a career spanning three decades, and accomplished for his works of art that currently sit in the permanent collection of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Alfred is known for his unique “Afrocentric” sculptures made out of recycled sawdust, and his bold colourful mixed media paintings that explore intricate themes inspired by his Ghanaian roots.

Over the past five years, Alfred Addo’s pieces have toured and exhibited in over 30 states and many more cities in the U.S., with an ever-expanding collector base resulting in the successful establishment of the Addo Gallery now located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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