1.9. Jude Yaw Agboada - Graphic Designer (Ghana)- Part 1

My African Aesthetic

Jude Yaw Agboada is a visual communication designer, educator and branding expert from Ghana. He currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri and teaches communication design at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri where he holds a position as the 2019-21 Louis D. Beaumont Artist-in-Residence.

Through his design practice called “ Made In Edujway,” Jude had worked with clients like Ghana International School, University of Ghana Business School, and GIZ Ghana. Jude uses storytelling, dialogue to explore ways to encourage difficult conversations across cultures. In his practice, Jude explores how people define community, identity and culture via multidisciplinary approaches- ranging from artist books to public installations.

Jude holds a Bachelors in Communication Design from Kwame Nkrumah University of science and technology in Kumasi, Ghana and a Master of Fine Arts in Visual communication design from the school of art institute of Chicago, Illinois.

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