Our beloved Nuku Bags have finally returned. It’s been such a joy to see so many of you out and about with them, whether at school, the market, work, or on your travels. To mark the moment, we have introduced a brand new design that proudly highlights our Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale.

Nuku Studio is proud to announce that we are now part of the Google Arts & Culture platform! Alongside an incredible collection of organisations, institutions, and initiatives across the continent, our page officially launched a few days ago in celebration of Africa Day.

In the exhibition Home Through Participation, five artists of the AKUTSO Collective open up their personal stories of home — not as a fixed place, but as something alive, shaped by people, memories, and everyday actions.

The Kayanmata exhibition is the result of a collaborative research project between photographer Fibi Afloe (Nuku Studio, Ghana) and anthropologist Ann Cassiman (University of Leuven, Belgium), documenting the uses, meanings, and moral conversations surrounding kayanmata in Nima, one of Accra’s most dynamic neighbourhoods.

In February and March 2025, Nuku Studio collaborated once again with the University of Development Studies (UDS) and Applied Foreign Affairs on “Tamale’s Inner Urban Ecologies”, a project which explores three sites in Tamale: the old airport, water works and Dakpema Island. 

Nuku Studio presents “Bicycles Forever - Tamale”, a photo exhibition about the rich history and cultural significance of bicycles in Ghana with a special focus on Tamale. The exhibition is part of the project "Cycling Cities: The African Experience" which aims to explore and document the evolution of bicycle commuting in various African cities. It highlights the importance of considering local contexts in developing cycling cultures and emphasises the need for scholarly research to inform policy decisions.

Nuku Studio presents “James Barnor: A Retrospective”, a photo exhibition taking place at Nuku Studio’s Centre for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale, as part of the James Barnor Festival, celebrating Barnor’s 95th birthday from Wednesday 29 May until 29 June 2024.

We’ve started off the new year with a new collaboration: Nuku Studio in Ghana and Hangar in Portugal are joining forces to foster an artist exchange between the two countries - through an artist-in-residency programme. The first artist-in-residence from Ghana - Ofoe Amegavie - just concluded his one month residency at Hangar with a presentation of his ongoing project “Between Sand and Water”.

Nuku Studio’s Art Residency at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale offers a home away from home, a quiet place to explore and experiment in a new environment. The 1-3 month residency program allows artists to work on a project of their choice, independently or through artistic exchanges with other local and international artists.

Nuku Studio is launching its Volunteer Programme at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale, Northern Ghana.

Nuku Studio, in collaboration with Red Clay Studios, presents “Routes of Rebellion”, an exhibition of film and aural-visual media by Jesse Weaver Shipley. Eleven films explore the journeys that artists, musicians, athletes, and soldiers take in reinventing their worlds and charting routes of rebellion.

Nuku Studio is delighted to announce the screening of “Certain Winds from the South” directed by Eric Gyamfi and written with Moshood Hamza Balogun at its Center for Photographic Research and Practice in Tamale.

By basing themselves outside of Accra, Nuku Studio provides space and time for Ghanaian and international photographers to develop their craft. Read the full article by Vanessa Peterson for frieze.

Nuku Studio is looking for emerging photographers to join the Nuku Team in Tamale. You will be working in a small team for 3, 6 or 12 months, and you will be able to pursue and strengthen your personal interests.

Nuku Studio invites the public to visit the "Tracing Emerging Ecologies" exhibition with works by Baerbel Mueller, Eric Gyamfi, Juergen Strohmayer, and Nii Obodai.