Born 2001, Aklakou Togo
Based in NYC
EDUCATION
2024 Lehigh University College of Arts and Sciences, Bethlehem PA
Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Women, Gender, & Sexualities Studies
Minors in English and Studio Art
Honors: Eckardt Scholar (Flagship Honors Program in Lehigh College of Arts and Sciences), Summa Cum Laude, Art, Architecture, & Design Departmental Honors
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023
Lɔlɔ̃ ƒe Nyawo (Narratives of Love): Lehigh University Art Galleries - Bethlehem, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art, Architecture, and Design: Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition 2024: Lehigh University Art Galleries - Bethlehem, PA
2022
Lehigh Art, Architecture, and Design Student Exhibition - Bethlehem, PA
Art as Activism: The Lehigh Institute on Critical Race and Ethnics Studies - Bethlehem, PA
Lehigh Valley Collegiate Art Exhibition, Manifold Virtual Gallery
African Students Association Annual Gala - Bethlehem, PA
2021
Thinking Through Drawing: Digital Community Exhibition, Lehigh University Art Galleries
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 Black In Colors Magazine, Lehigh University (Co-author and featured artist)
2023 Furrow Magazine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Featured artist)
2022 Amaranth, Lehigh University (Featured artist)
SELECTED AUTHORED PROJECTS & PAPERS
2024 “I Refuse To Be Invisible…” Narratives of Love, Communities, and Resistance in Africa and Its Diaspora (Senior Honors Thesis)
2024 Lɔlɔ̃ ƒe Nyawo [Narratives of Love]: An Ode to African Women’s Love, Knowledge, Home, and Labor
2023-2024 Creating A Digital Humanities Project on Ecology in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day (Co-author)
2023 What Does The World Owe Black Women?
AWARDS & HONORS
2024 Williams Prize Winner (3x) - Awarded to 3/4 of my writing pieces submitted to the Lehigh University Williams Prize Writing Competition.
2022 Williams Prize - Awarded for stellar creative work submission to Lehigh Amaranth Literary Magazine