Mimi Adu-Serwaah (b. 1994, Ghana) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Washington, D.C., whose work explores duality, transformation, and resilience through the interplay of painting and sculptural installation. Merging abstraction with figurative realism, her practice investigates how fragmented elements come together to form new identities, narratives, and spatial experiences.
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Adu-Serwaah’s work is deeply rooted in material exploration, incorporating aluminum wire mesh, raffia, stone beads, and reclaimed acrylic fragments to create textured compositions that challenge traditional boundaries between painting and sculpture. Her paintings depict figures in a state of flux—marked by fluid distortions, layered surfaces, and pastel backgrounds—inviting viewers to engage with ideas of imperfection, reconstruction, and the evolving nature of selfhood. Meanwhile, her sculptural installations adopt an instinctive, experimental approach, embracing organic tendencies that allow materials to dictate their own form.
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Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at Allouche Gallery (Los Angeles) and the Institute Museum of Ghana (Accra, 2022). She has participated in group exhibitions at Chilli Art Projects (London, 2022), the Luanda Biennale (Angola, 2021), KO Artspace (Lagos, Nigeria), and ADA Gallery (Accra, 2025).
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Adu-Serwaah’s work continues to challenge ideas of perfection and imperfection, encouraging viewers to look beyond the surface and engage with the layered narratives embedded within each piece. Through her experimentation with materials and themes of resilience, she creates immersive works that evoke a sense of both disintegration and renewal, offering reflections on selfhood, adaptation, and the constant state of becoming.