Kofi Perry (b.1998, Sidon) is an American-Iranian contemporary artist whose work reimagines ancient history and contemporary Black American culture.
Perry studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA, and completed his BFA Hons at City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK (2022). His debut institutional solo exhibition ‘Remnants From a Distant Future’ opened in 2024 at the Lightbox Gallery in Woking, UK. Recent exhibitions include ‘portrait of an artist (pool with two figures)’, Cob, London ( 2024); 1-54 Art Fair with DADA Gallery, ‘ Tender Communions’, DADA Gallery, London (2024); the Ingram Prize, Cromwell Place, London (2023); and D Contemporary, London (2023). He is the recipient of the Charles Toppan Prize (2020), the Baton Fine Art Prize (2022), and the Ingram Prize (2023).