Eugene Ofori Agyei
Assistant Professor of Art
Meet Professor Agyei
Years at Knox: 2025 to present
Eugene Ofori Agyei is a Ghanaian-born artist and educator based in the United States whose interdisciplinary practice explores themes of migration, identity, cultural hybridity and the concept of home through ceramics, textiles, wood, found materials and performance. He holds a BA in Industrial Art from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Florida.
He has been honored with the Robert C. Turner Teaching Fellowship at New York State College of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, two National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) fellowships, an Artaxis Fellowship, the Zenobia Award and the 2022 Pathways: Carlos Malamud Prize. His works have appeared in group exhibitions across the United States—at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Harn Museum of Art, Museum of Art-Deland, Art and History Museum of Maitland and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, among others. Solo shows have taken him to the Rollins Museum of Art in Florida, North Dakota State University, Kudoshed Gallery in Connecticut, Art Center Sarasota, Florida. This summer, Agyei’s first international solo museum exhibition opened at Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum in Munich, part of the Duke Franz von Bayern Collection, running through early October. A forthcoming solo exhibition at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum is slated for early 2026.