Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo
Sculpture

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Senior Lecturer · Art Education

Sculptor — modelling and casting, assemblage and construction.

19
Works
5
Collections

Studio practice

Major techniques
Modelling and casting
Materials
Clay, bronze paint, resin and fibreglass
Style
Textured finish, and working in planes
Inspirations
Nature, and Michelangelo
Partnerships
The BIG SIX, Ghana @50, Peter Adobor, Francis, Omanye House “Artist Alliance” at Labadi, and working with a few good students

Qualifications

  • 2022: PhD Sculpture, KNUST, Kumasi
  • 2003–2005: Master of Fine Art (MFA), KNUST, Kumasi
  • 1997: Bachelor of Arts (Art), First Class Honours, KNUST
  • 1992: Diploma, Rural Art and Industry, Distinction, KNUST
  • 1987: Teachers' Certificate ‘A’ (3-year post-secondary), Distinction in Long Essay, S.D.A. Teacher Training College, Asokore-Koforidua
  • 1983: G.C.E. ‘O’ Level, St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Accra (Remedial)
  • 1982: G.C.E. ‘O’ Level, Tema Secondary School, Tema

About Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo is a sculptor and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art Education at the University of Education, Winneba, where he has taught since 2009. He holds a PhD in Sculpture (KNUST, 2022), a Master of Fine Art (2005), a First Class Honours BA in Art (1997) and a Diploma in Rural Art and Industry with distinction (1992), all from KNUST. At UEW he teaches Portraiture in Sculpture, Carving, Studio Research in Sculpture and Drawing, among other courses, and supervises long essays and projects. He served as Acting Head of the Department of Art Education in 2022 and as Faculty Examinations Officer for the School of Creative Arts, and has been National Moderator for Sculpture and Drawing (NABTEX) since 2012 and an International Moderator for WAEC (Leatherwork and Basketry) since 2011. His studio practice centres on modelling and casting in clay, resin and fibreglass, finished with bronze paint and a textured surface, and on assemblage and construction in wood and found materials. Commissions include portrait busts and heroic-sized statues — among them Nana Kome, the Tetteh Quarshie monument and the portrait of Dr. Ephraim Amu — alongside studio research such as his doctoral project, Masks Unmasked. His work has been exhibited in Ghana and Nigeria, and in “Go Go Ghana!” (Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, 2014).
In every aspect of one's life, whatever that you are doing, do it to the best of your ability. "Dot the I's and Cross the T's in anything that you do"

Monuments & Public Commissions

Heroic-sized statues, busts and installations commissioned for institutions, communities and public spaces.

Nana Kome

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting · 2013

Tetteh Quarshie Monument, Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting · 2020

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Garden Sculptures for Aqua Safari Resort

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting · 2019

Commemorative Portraits & Memorials

Portrait busts and reliefs made to honour people and keep their memory — for institutions, families and homes.

Dr. Ephraim Amu

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting · 2007

A Father of a Nigerian

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting · 2015

Mr. Helmut Kutin

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting · 2015

The Atikpo Family

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

Founder of a Private School at Kpando

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

Madam Dzefi

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

Late Wife of a Gentleman

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

Portrait of Rev. Samuel Hall Brew Sr.

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

The Principal: Very Rev. Dr. Joseph Nkyi Asamoah

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

The Bible

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

Figures & Commissioned Narratives

Figurative sculptures made to a client's brief, each developed through research and then reinterpreted.

A Collection of Ghanaian Indigenous Games

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

The Rabbit

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

The Hand with the Gun

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Modelling and casting

Masks Unmasked

The studio work behind the PhD in Sculpture (KNUST, 2022): masks in wood and found materials, grounded in semiotics.

Masks Unmasked: A Semiological Interpretation of Masks in Sculpture

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Assemblage and construction · 2022

Master of Fine Art Project Work

Work made for the Master of Fine Art project at KNUST.

MFA Project Work

Dr. Cyril Senyo Kpodo

Assemblage and construction · 2005

Record

  • 2022: Masks Unmasked: A Semiological Interpretation of Masks in Sculpture — KNUST, Kumasi
  • 2021: Masks Unmasked: Transitions — Winneba
  • 2019: Dialogue 2019: Danish-Ghanaian Art Festival — Museum of Science and Technology, Accra
  • 2016: “Stars and Budding Stars”, International Art Exhibition — University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • 2015: Ofkob International Art Exhibition — Aburi, Ghana
  • 2014: “Go Go Ghana!” Contemporary Artists from Ghana — Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection
  • 2010: “Treasures from the Rubble” — Department of Art Education, U.E.W., Winneba
  • 2009 to date: Artists Alliance Gallery
  • 2008: Expressions with Impressions — Arthaus, Accra
  • 2005: “Faces and Phases” — Alliance Française, Kumasi

  • 2021: Sculptor, “Tower of Excellence”, U.E.W. monument at North Campus, Winneba (group work)
  • 2020: Heroic-sized bust of Tetteh Quarshie, Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Mampong
  • 2019: Collection of garden sculptures for Aqua Safari Resort
  • 2016: Trophies for the World History Day celebrations, Department of History Education, U.E.W., Winneba
  • 2015: Consultant and lead sculptor — redesigned and executed the Vice-Chancellor's ceremonial chair for investiture
  • 2015: Heroic-sized bust of Helmut Kutin, Director of S.O.S. International
  • 2013: Two life-sized lions for Teshie Palace
  • 2012: “Nana Kome, the Legendary Warrior”, heroic-sized statue for Akatakyiman Traditional Council
  • 2011: “Academic Hero”, full-figure heroic-sized statue, U.E.W., Mampong Campus
  • 2007: Heroic statue of H.E. Akuffo-Addo (group work), Cantonments Roundabout

  • 2009 to date: Senior Lecturer, Department of Art Education, U.E.W., Winneba
  • 2022: Acting Head, Department of Art Education
  • 2018–2022: Faculty Examinations Officer, School of Creative Arts (also 2016)
  • 2012 to date: National Moderator for Sculpture and Drawing (NABTEX)
  • 2011 to date: International Moderator, WAEC (Leatherwork and Basketry)
  • 2019 to date: Reviewer, Journal of African Art Education
  • 2010–2018: In charge of the Department's Art Gallery
  • 2010–2018: Member, Exhibition Committee (Art Education Department)

  • Kpodo, C.S., Ankyiah, F., Glover, R.K.A. & Dah, S. (2024). Exploring Innovative Approaches and Interventions to Address Misconceptions and Promote Effective Visual Arts Education in Secondary Schools in Ghana. American Journal of Education and Technology, 3(2), 7–11. https://doi.org/10.54536/ajet.v3i2.2524
  • Ankyiah, F., Kpodo, C.S., Amo-Broni, R. & Asare Donkor, M. (2023). When the Artist's Studio is Alive, Art is Alive: Empowering Art Educators and Students through Live Studio Practice. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 21(1), 1–11.
  • Kpodo, C.S., Sosu, S.A. & Glover, R.K.A. (2016). Spatiality of Public Monuments in Public Spaces. The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention, 3(10), 2799–2803.
  • Sosu, S.A., Kpodo, C.S. & Glover, R.K.A. (2016). Imaging: The Constructor of Modern, Post-Modern and Contemporary Life. Journal of African Art Education.
  • Glover, R.K.A., Korletey, J.T. & Kpodo, C.S. (2016). Fighting Plagiarism among Students through Copyright Awareness and Policy: A Focus on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. European Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 4(3), 23–37.
  • Glover, R.K.A., Korletey, J.T. & Kpodo, C.S. (2016). Utilisation of Permitted Use of Copyright Materials: Practices among Students at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection, 4(3), 1–10.
  • Kpodo, C.S. (2013). Hybrid Dimensions in Sculpture: A Courtship and Accidental Off-Springs Resulting from the Matrimony of Organic and Inorganic Elements. Journal of African Arts and Culture, 1(1).