- 1976
- YMCA-Hall, Accra, Ghana
- 1977
- Art-Center, Accra, Ghana
- 1981
- Art-Center, Accra, Ghana
- 1987
- Villa Ichon, Bremen, Germany
- Galerie Grünspan, Ottersberg, Germany
- 1988
- Galerie im Forum, Bomlitz, Germany
- Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
- 1989
- Von Sharpville bis Soweto, Überseemuseum, Bremen, Germany
- 1991
- Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
- Kunstverein Wiligrad, Schwerin, Germany
- 1992
- Galerie Wildeshausen, Wildeshausen, Germany
- Galerie la trastienda del arte, Madrid, Spain
- 1993
- BAG, Cologne, Germany
- Savannah Gallery, London, GB
- Galerie im Hinterhaus, Wiesbaden, Germany
- 1994
- Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany
- Galerie Apex, Göttingen, Germany
- 1995
- Hochschule St. Gallen, CH
- Akademie Loccum, Germany
- Galerie Kühn, Berlin, Germany
- 1996
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan, Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
- Galerie Kühn, Lilienthal, Germany
- 1997
- Kusum II, Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
- Root Signs, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
- 1998
- Galerie Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
- 1999
- Kronacher Kunstverein, Germany
- Skoto Gallery, New York, USA
- 2002
- Movements, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- Movements, Galerie Kühn, Lilienthal, Germany
- 2003
- Artificio, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
- PAINTINGS - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- Ècart, Osnabrück, Germany
- Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
- 2004
- Galerie Walu, Zürich, CH
- Heroes, Sages and Saints, Ghana National Museum, Accra, Ghana
- Human Nature, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2005
- Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
- Galerie Simoncini, Luxemburg
- Dialog der Positionen, Römer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany
- 2006
- FUTURE TRACK, ARTCO Galerie, Aachen, Germany
- TRACES OF THE FUTURE, IWALEWA - Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
- SOLO EXHIBITION - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- FIFA AUKTION - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- FUTURE TRACK, Europäischer Kunsthof Vicht, Stolberg, Germany
- 2007
- FUTURE TRACK, Skoto Gallery, New York, USA
- FUTURE TRACK, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Trier, Germany
- FUTURE TRACK, Kunstverein Aalen, Germany
- 2008
- STEPPING OUT, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Germany
- BODY & SOUL, Nomad Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- 2011
- Prelude to the Microcron, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Germany
- Microcron-Kunsum, October Gallery, London, UK
- MICROCRON, Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
- 2014
- THE MICROCRON BEGINS, Kunstgebäude im Schlosshof Bodenburg, Bad Salzdetfurth
- THE MICROCRON BEGINS, October Gallery, London
- THE MICROCRON BEGINS, Scoto Gallery, New York
- 1981
- Group Show of Ghanian Painters, Oakland, USA
- 1985
- Artists for Human Rights, Überseemuseum, Bremen, Germany
- 1986
- We live here, El Patio, Bremen, Germany
- 1987
- Exhibition of the BBK (Art Association) Bremen, Weserburg Bremen, Germany
- Paintings 87, El Patio Bremen; Germany
- 1988
- Bremer Förderpreisausstellung für bildende Kunst, Weserburg Bremen, Germany
- 1991
- Bremen Art Show, BBK Bremen, Germany
- Artists of Bremen, Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
- 1993
- Art Multiple Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1994
- Sixteen paintings and prints, London, GB
- Art in Landtag, Mainz, Germany
- 1995
- The Right To Hope, Jahannisburg, South-Africa
- Absolute Ghana, Accra Contemporary Art ACA, Accra, Ghana
- African Art of our Time, Tokyo, Japan
- 1996
- Biennale Dakar, Senegal
- Africana, Sala 1, Rom, Italy
- Dance on the Volcano, Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen, Germany
- African-European Inspiration, Alsdorf, Germany
- 1997
- Biennale Havanna, Cuba
- Polarisation, Dokoupil/Dahn/Owusu-Ankomah, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, Munich, Germany
- Transla Cia 1997, B.W.A. Galerie Pytrow Tryb, Poland
- Exhibition of the Fourth International Conference of Visual Arts, Vancouver, Canada
- 1998
- Body and Soul, Staatsgalerie Heerlen, Netherlands
- Aids Worlds, Les Mondes du Sida, Genf, Zug, Bellinzona, Zürich, CH
- VIELFACHES ECHO - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- 1999
- From Skarabäus to New Beetle, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- AROUND AND AROUND - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- Translacje 1999, Pjotrkow Tryb, Poland
- Five Continents One City, International Salon of Painting, Museum of Mexico City
- Transavantgardia, October Gallery, London, GB
- 2000
- Heimatkunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
- DREIERKONFERENZ - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- Arch, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- The Insect, Galerie Kühn, Berlin, Germany
- Paradise Zero, Eventa 5 Biennnale, Uppsala, Sweden
- Kunstkoffer, Dialog der Kulturen, Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany
- Transafricana, Bologna, Italy
- Mission 2000, Lille, France
- 2001
- „It flys and flys“, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- ÜBERBLICK - Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
- 2002
- Bilder und Skulpturen, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- 2003
- Ghana Yesterday an Today, Musée Dapper, Paris, France
- Post Border Land, SPK Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Espacios Mesticos II, International Contemporary Art Meeting, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- A Fiction of Authenticy: Contemporary Africa Abroad, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Journeys and Destinations, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., USA
- Weltkunstreihe VII, Galerie Klinger, Germany, (with Frédéric Bruly Bouabré & Aboudramane)
- 2004
- Africane, Stadthalle Oelsnitz, Germany
- L ´Afrique à venir, Kunstverein Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, Germany
- Africa Remix, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2005
- Africa Remix, Hayward Galley, London, GB
- Africa Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokio, Japan
- Africa Remix, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Retour au futur, Sammlung Elmer, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxemburg
- 2006
- Biennale Dakar, Senegal
- THE ELEPHANT, Galerie Kühn, Berlin, Germany
- LEND ME YOUR EAR, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- RELATIVE DISTANCE, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South-Africa
- SALON D'ART CONTEMPORAIN AFRICAIN DE BRUXELLES, Belgium
- all our tomorrows, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Germany
- A FICTION OF AUTHENTICITY - Conpenporary Africa Aroad, Blaffer Gallery - The Art Museum of the University of Housten, Texas, USA
- ALL STARS, Galerie Jörg Heitsch, München, Germany
- ART FAIR 06, Cologne, Germany, (Gallery Jörg Heitsch, Munich)
- 2007
- AFRICA SELECT, ARTCO Gallery, Herzogenrath, Germany
- FROM COURAGE TO FREEDOM, October Gallery, London
- BODY OF EVIDENCE - Selection from the Contemporary African Art Collection - National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA
- AFRICA REMIX, Joburg, South-Africa
- Artists Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana
- THE WORLD BANK COLLECTION, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
- The Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, USA
- IN AND OUT OF AFRICA, Museum Haus der Völker, Schwaz, Austria
- ART FAIR 21, Cologne, Germany (ARTCO Gallery)
- Group Show, Skoto Gallery, New York
- 2008
- DIALOGE, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Germany
- Joburg ART FAIR, Johannesburg, South-Africa (October Gallery, London)
- ANGAZA AFRICA, October Gallery, London
- PLEASE CAST AN EYE, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- AUF AUGENHÖHE, Städtische Galerie Viersen, Germany
- INPUT, Museu National, Luanda, Angola
- 2009
- MULTIPLE ART, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Germany
- AUS LEIDENSCHAFT, Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
- Joburg ART FAIR, Johannesburg, South Africa (ARTCO Gallery, October Gallery)
- "... aus Leidenschaft", Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg ,Germany
- UNBOUNDED: New Art for a New Century, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
- 2010
- FINE ART 2010, ARTCO Gallery , Aachen, Germany
- Africa 2.0 - Is There a Contemporary African Art? - INFLUXCONTEMPORARY, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2011
- ANCESTRAL SPACE - Translated Identities, Mojo Gallery, Dubai
- AFRIKA - BOOK AND ART, Open Art Galerie, Borken, Germany
- GRENZENLOS, Kunstverein Aalen, Germany
- JUST ONE, Summer Exhibition, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Germany
- Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa (ARTCO Gallery, October Gallery)
- Art Fair Cologne, Germany (ARTCO Gallery)
- 2013
- OWUSU-ANKOMAH AND FRIENDS, Städtische Galerie, Bremen
Works in selected Collections
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA
MTN Art Institute Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., USA
FirstRand Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa
Standard Chartered Bank, South Africa
Renaissance Capital, Moscow, Russia
Collection International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA
Espacio C de Arte Contemporáneo, Camargo, Spain
The Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Luanda, Angola
British Museum, London UK
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, USA
Exhibitions
selected solo exhibitionsselected group exhibitions