2010 Sport Artist of the Year

Tafa

“Sport Art’s Sacred Drummer”

Key Sport Works & World Influence

Selected Shows

1990
Camden Center, London, UK
Black Arts Gallery, London, UK
Great Hall, Kumasi, Ghana
1992/1993
Boniface Gallery, NYC
Yeshiva University, NYC
Shell Head Office, Accra, Ghana
1994/1995
African-American Institute, NYC
Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
Howard University, Washington, DC
Pepsico Head Office, Rye, NY
Bronx River Gallery, Bronx, NY
Lamu Gallery, NYC
L’ecrivain Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1996/1997
Liazan Gallery, NYC
L’ecrivain Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Quiskeya Gallery, NYC
Crossroads Theater, New Brunswick, NJ
Contemporary Afri-Art Gallery, London, UK
17 West 121Gallery, NYC
Great Hall, Kumasi, Ghana
Ayaso Gallery, Washington, DC
African-American Institute, NYC
Howard University, Washington, DC
Pepsico Head Office, Rye, NY
Bronx River Gallery, Bronx, NY
1997-1999
N. Carolina Central Univ., Art Museum, NC
Frontier Art, The Hague, Netherlands
Jazz Museum, SoHo, New York
Fort Frederik Museum, St Croix
L’Agent Art International, Montreal Canada
Hearne Gallery, Little Rock, AK
North Carolina A & T, Greensboro, NC
New World Art Center, SoHo, NYC
Thelma Harris Galleries, Oakland, CA
Mehu Gallery, New York, NY
Imarisha Art House, Brooklyn, NY
Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
1999 – 2010
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Afro-American Museum, Boston
Atmosphere Gallery, SoHo, NY
Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ayaso Int. Fine Art, Washington DC
African American Museum, Dallas Texas
MoCADA, Brooklyn, NY
Moore’s Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
National Black Fine Art Show, Chicago
Parliament Building, Hessen, Holland
Awards
Sports Artist of the Year 2010
Circle of Art, New York, NY, 2000
Paa Kwame, Ghana, 1991
Swiss Painting Competition, 1st Prize,
Selected Collections
Shell
Carver Federal Bank, NYC
National Museum, Ghana
Johnny Cochran
Bryant Gumbel
Barclays Bank
Standard Bank
Mayor David Dinkins, NYC
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Founded in 1984, the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) is dedicated to the preservation of sports art, history and literature. The ASAMA collection is composed of more than 1,500 pieces across all media, including paintings, sculptures, assemblages, prints, posters and photography.

The museum is open to the public, free of charge, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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ASAMA – American Sport Art Museum & Archives
One Academy Drive
Daphne, Alabama 36526