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Maud Acheampong (they/them) is a Ghanaian-American New Media Performance artist interested in soft technologies like misery, ugliness, nostalgia, monstrosity and the way they manifest in our digital ecologies – for better or worse. Through Dainty Funk, their digital avatar and horror drag persona, Acheampong takes on bright, monstrous forms and chronicles these phenomena through a digital lens.These works manifest as self portrait photography, video essay, publications, and performances contending with where we must go when we are denied our humanity. Acheampong is a Digital Interdisciplinary Art Practice MFA candidate at the City College of New York and a Member of the NEW INC mentorship program at the New Museum. Acheampong’s work has appeared in The Vibe Room, Sissy Anarchy, Mixed Mag, and Vogue.
