In the fall of 2023, Ghanaian artist Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson contacted fellow artist Lisa C Soto, also Ghana-based, to discuss possibly participating in an upcoming Gallery 1957 exhibition in London, ‘Constellations Part 1: Figures On Earth & Beyond’. At the time, the latter wasn’t sure because she was concentrating on pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. Also, since 2018, she has focused on exploring projects outside the commercial gallery space.
A bit of convincing by Thompson and a meeting with curator Katherine Finerty later helped seal the decision of Soto, whose work explores ‘cartography, inbetweeness, and vibrational forces’ using materials such as Mylar, wire, fishing line, and hardware in her early work.
