ABOUT ME

kwabena foli is a multidisciplinary artist born in Belgium but predominately raised in the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of ON GOD (Candor Arts), and learning rhythm (Flowered Concrete). Other publications include The Los Angles Review, Meridian, Crab Orchard Review, Salt Hill Journal and elsewhere. He is also a Chicago poetry slam champion, national poetry slam finalist, and selected by the Guild Literary Complex as 30 individuals whose careers represent the future of the literary arts in Chicago and beyond. His visual work has over 200 million shares, and residences include Ragdale, Banff Centre of Arts, Chicago HATCH, Elastic Arts, and Poetry Center of Chicago.