Ebenezer Nketsiah Mensah is an artist and an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Talladega College, AL. He earned his MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Florida in 2025. He received his BFA in Painting and Sculpture from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2018. Mensah's works serve as a powerful narrative that explores multifaceted themes such as identity, labor, history, migration, and the interplay of power through his paintings, sculptures, installations, and photo documentaries. His work focuses on construction and small-scale mining, known as ‘galamsey’ in Ghana.

Mensah reflects on his lived experiences as a former gold miner and a construction worker in Tarkwa, Ghana. Through his art, he raises critical issues surrounding this practice, delves into the lives of those involved, and scrutinizes their archetypal influence on communities in both Ghana and the U.S., where these activities occur, as well as the geopolitics involved in labor.

Mensah’s work has been shown in several exhibitions, nationally and internationally, including Wellsville, NY, Orlando, FL, Washington, DC, Jonesboro, AR, Sarasota, FL, Richmond, VA, Gainesville, FL, Gatlinburg, TN, and Ghana.

He has earned several awards and fellowships, including 2026 Penland Winter Art Residency Fellowship, the Windgate Fellowship, the Dean’s Award First Runner-Up in 2025 at the University of Florida Juried Exhibition, and the University of Florida’s Graduate School Opportunity Award (which replaced Grinter Fellowship). He has completed art residencies at Nicholson Project in DC, Penland School of Arts and Crafts in NC, Foundation House in CT, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in TN. etc.

His evolving career continues to make a profound impact on contemporary art.