Marcel M. Johansen

Marcel Mawulorm Johansen is an interdisciplinary artist from Tema, Ghana, currently based in Portland, Oregon. His art comes from a place of childlike curiosity about the world, and himself in relation to it—in search of the thin through lines that thread our shared and individual human experiences. His work is deeply rooted in personal experience, ancestral memory, and cultural lineage. It is a spiritual practice as much as a creative one—cathartic, revealing, and sometimes healing.

Marcel’s modes of expression follow the flow of inspiration and opportunity. He currently weaves between film photographs, video, poetry, event production, film/theatre acting and experimental performance art. You can often find him hosting Portland’s iteration of the on-going “RNBAFTERDARK” series at L’atelier Yaffe, or on a leisurely walk, staring at things.  

Online, you can find Marcel and his work  @efo.celus and @efothehuman on instagram