Shiri Achu
Shiri Achu was born in Cameroon, West Africa. She and her family immigrated to London, where she lived for many years. Today, she has studios in Cameroon, the UK and USA, where she is currently based.
Her preferred mediums are acrylics, and mixed media.
Shiri Achu’s art comes from every day, unsurprising, yet unexpectedly vivid, moments, times, and places.
One of the aims of Shiri Achu’s Art is to showcase the culture of Cameroon and other African countries worldwide. Shiri finds beauty in the woman carrying her child on her back and going on her way. She finds beauty in the African fabrics etc
Shiri’s paintings reflect the beautiful simplicity of Africa. She offers this to the western world to encourage understanding of the culture and interest in travel to African nations.
Shiri’s annual In Print exhibitions began in London in 2014 (35InPrint) to Washington DC (36InPrint) to Australia (37InPrint) then Jamaica (38InPrint) and Toronto (39InPrint). Ten years after her first solo exhibition, ‘The 30th Act’ at St Augustine’s Tower in London in 2009, Shiri Achu was excited to celebrate her 10th anniversary in 2019 with ‘The 40th Act’ exhibition. Thereafter, 41InPrint, 42InPrint, 43InPrint etc has since taken place. Shiri traveling through her InPrint annual exhibitions promoting African Culture.
Shiri is extremely pleased and excited that she is achieving one of her goals of promoting the African Culture worldwide, through her art works, workshops and her annual worldwide InPrint exhibitions.
