JONATHAN KWEGYIR AGGREY | Berj Art Gallery| Ghanaian Artist

Biography Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey

Jonathan Kwegyir Aggrey born in 1984 holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education

(Bachelor of Arts) from the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Jonathan has had the privilege of exhibiting and participating in many groups and solo

exhibitions in several countries including Ghana, Turkey, Romania, China, Thailand,

Colombia, Mexico, Kosovo, Nigeria, Italy, France, Norway, South Korea, Malaysia,

Vietnam, Pakistan, Albania, USA and Russia.

He has also appeared in several major international catalogues and publications around

the world.

His awards includes the ‘Young Icon’ award in the Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African GeniusAwards, 2014. ‘Golden Brush’ award in Gaziantep, Turkey 2017 and other

international awards. The 2nd Placed Winner in the Holbein Watercolor Competition, Turkey 2020.  The First African Watercolourist to receive the Award Cash Prize Winner of Prix des Peintres du Moulin (Painters of the Mill Award) at the Troisieme Biennale Internationale d’ Aquarelle de Coquelles BIAC, France 2022 and other International awards. 

His recent achievement is being admitted as the only African watercolorist to be accepted into the Prestigious Annual American Watercolor Society exhibition in New York, USA.

His collectors include Qingdao Art Museum, China and numerous art collectors around

the world.