Meech Boakye

Meech Boakye

Meech Boakye is a Canadian-American artist and researcher based in Portland, Oregon. Their interdisciplinary practice spans writing, publishing, sculpture, foodways, material research, and public programming, and is rooted in relationships between human and more-than-human species.

Boakye holds an Hon. B.A. in Visual Studies from the University of Toronto. Their work has been exhibited at The Brick, Oregon Contemporary, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Gallery 44, and the Art Gallery of Guelph. Their writing and comics have appeared in C Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Oregon Humanities, and Variable West.

Supporting their practice, Boakye has received grants from the Simons Foundation, Oregon Humanities, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and has participated in residencies at ACRE, the Independent Publishing Resource Center, and A Black Art Ecology of Portland.