Adjunct Professor and Artist in Residence
Michael Dela Dika
- Email: michael.dika@temple.edu
- Website: https://michaeldika.com/
Michael Dela Dika is a ceramic sculptor and educator born and raised in Accra, Ghana, currently residing in the US with his studio in Philadelphia. Michael's works consider the interplay between organic /inorganic materials, tension, and balance while emphasizing human fragility, vulnerability, and exhaustion in his sculptures. He has shown his works internationally and nationally in Germany, Turkey, Delaware, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon, Virginia, and Florida, among others.
MFA, University of Delaware
BA, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Selected Awards:
2022 National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Multicultural Fellowship Award
Jessie Ball DuPont Fund- Partnership for Arts & Culture Grant Award
A. Magness Fellowship Award