Delali Cofie is a Ghanaian-Nigerian photographer and visual artist currently living in Toronto, Canada. Through storytelling, he engages in multiple genres of photography such as fine art, documentary, and fashion. His personal work presents subtle beauty whilst exploring themes of self-formation and the process of becoming. Frequently creating work between his native city Accra and current city Toronto, his work tells a tale of two cities, linked by a diasporic thread.
Recently, his practice has expanded to explore materiality, focusing on how materials carry histories and narratives that can be reimagined in physical form. Using textiles and objects, he engages with their connection to the body and identity to create layered works that reflect growth, selfhood, and the passage of time.
Recent exhibitions include A Place of Ours, United Contemporary (2026),…The Candle Whispered Them Here, C2 Art Program, CIBC Square (2025), The Great Unseen, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton (2025), Tree of Life, PhotoVogue Festival, Italy (2025) and REVIVE, DesignTO Festival, Toronto (2025), where he was the recipient of the emerging artist/designer award; It comes to me in waves, Patel Brown Gallery (2024). In 2022 his work was featured in legendary Ghanaian photographer James Barnor’s exhibition catalogue at the Arles Photography Festival.
He is a recent graduate of OCAD University, where he was the recipient of multiple program awards and the OCAD U Medal for Photography.
Delali Cofie is a Ghanaian-Nigerian photographer and visual artist currently living in Toronto, Canada. Through storytelling, he engages in multiple genres of photography such as fine art, documentary, and fashion. His personal work presents subtle beauty whilst exploring themes of self-formation and the process of becoming. Frequently creating work between his native city Accra and current city Toronto, his work tells a tale of two cities, linked by a diasporic thread.
Recently, his practice has expanded to explore materiality, focusing on how materials carry histories and narratives that can be reimagined in physical form. Using textiles and objects, he engages with their connection to the body and identity to create layered works that reflect growth, selfhood, and the passage of time.
Recent exhibitions include A Place of Ours, United Contemporary (2026),…The Candle Whispered Them Here, C2 Art Program, CIBC Square (2025), The Great Unseen, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton (2025), Tree of Life, PhotoVogue Festival, Italy (2025) and REVIVE, DesignTO Festival, Toronto (2025), where he was the recipient of the emerging artist/designer award; It comes to me in waves, Patel Brown Gallery (2024). In 2022 his work was featured in legendary Ghanaian photographer James Barnor’s exhibition catalogue at the Arles Photography Festival.
He is a recent graduate of OCAD University, where he was the recipient of multiple program awards and the OCAD U Medal for Photography.
