Deadly Prey Gallery

Deadly Prey Gallery Deadly Prey Gallery is a Chicago-based traveling gallery working w/10 movie poster artists in Ghana Each unique poster varies in size ranging from 40 - 50 in.
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Deadly Prey Gallery is a Chicago-based traveling art gallery working with 10 artists in and around Accra, Ghana, Africa. We are dedicated to the preservation of hand-painted Ghanian movie posters, with the central focus being supporting the incredible artists currently painting them. We house and archive a unique collection of thousands of these posters spanning their 30+ year tradition. Commissio

n opportunities, original paintings, prints, books and more are available, with 100% of merch profits going to the artists. Check out our store at https://deadly-prey-gallery.myshopify.com/

These posters were once the product of a much larger industry known as the “Ghanaian Mobile Cinema”. This business started in the late 1980’s when artistic industrious groups of people formed video clubs. With a television, vcr, vhs tapes, and a portable generator they’d travel throughout Ghana setting up make-shift screening areas in villages void of electricity. An interesting selection of movies became popular because of this trade includeing both Hollywood action and horror, low budget American schlock, Bollywood films, Hong Kong martial arts movies, and native Ghanaian and Nigerian features. As more people gained interest in this rising business, competition arose. Mobile cinema operators found a need to set their products apart, so an advertising motif came into play. With no affordable access to printing, the hand-painted movie poster was the most logical advertising vehicle. Skilled local artists were now part of this growing entertainment industry in Ghana, and they surely brought their own distinct touch to each film they were called upon to promote. By sewing together two used flour sacks, a perfect sized canvas for a movie poster was created. width x 55-70 in. height. The ruggedness of these posters is immediately noticed. Though a specific poster might only be 10-20 years old, it’s appearance will far surpass it’s actual age due to the elemental toll one takes from constant transit, being rolled, folded, left in the sun, rain, etc. Today access to printing is far less expensive and movies have become more accessible to the general public in Ghana. The mobile cinema has all but passed away, but these hand-painted movie posters remain a wonderful, tangible product of the time.

Heavy J’s Blue Velvet print is back in stock 🍻 Just 25 bucks in our shop, link in bio & stories!
08/31/2026

Heavy J’s Blue Velvet print is back in stock 🍻 Just 25 bucks in our shop, link in bio & stories!

We are booking a hand-painted Ghanaian movie poster pop-up exhibition tour and print sale for the first time ever in the...
08/31/2026

We are booking a hand-painted Ghanaian movie poster pop-up exhibition tour and print sale for the first time ever in the Southwest!!!

Do you know a great venue? Let us know in the comments, or even better send us a direct message! We need tall, blank walls with plenty of open floor space, so a gallery or show space hosting is always ideal, however we are very versatile and have shown in a wide variety of spots over the years. Open space is the key, as these paintings are very big and we have a lot of them to hang 😜 Here’s the cities and dates we’re looking to book:

SANTA FE • Nov 10

ALBUQUERQUE • Nov 11

LAS VEGAS • Nov. 13, 14 & 15 • DesignerCon (BOOKED)

LOS ANGELES • Nov 17 & 18

SAN DIEGO • Nov. 19

PHOENIX • Nov 21 & 22

TUSCON • Nov. 23

We’re hoping to have these dates sorted within the week, so please do reach out if you know the perfect spot. In the meantime here’s our current tour dates for September & October:

NASHVILLE • Sept 24 & 25 • cë gallery

ATLANTA • Sept 27 • The Supermarket

MIAMI • Sept 29 & 30 • White Rose Coffee Ocho Placas Tattoo Company

TAMPA • Oct 2, 3 & 4 • SCARADISE

GAINESVILLE • Oct 5 • Old Head

BALTIMORE • Oct 15 • LE MONDO

PHILLY • Oct 16 • PhilaMOCA

NYC • Oct 17 & 18 • SELVA

We’ll be updating times and other specifics soon 👹

Spirited Away prints are live in our shop 💫 We just made some killer Sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ Mᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ Pʀɪɴᴛ & Pʜᴏᴛᴏ archival prints of Miya...
08/30/2026

Spirited Away prints are live in our shop 💫

We just made some killer Sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ Mᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ Pʀɪɴᴛ & Pʜᴏᴛᴏ archival prints of Miyazaki’s famed film Spirited Away! Recently painted by the great Ghanaian artist Farkira, the print measures 24x36” on cotton rag paper, limited to an edition of only 25.

Link to the Deadly Prey shop in our bio and stories if you’re interested ❤️‍🔥 All profits go to the artists as always!

The great Ghanaian artist Farkira outside his studio in Accra 🌊 We’ll be making prints of his Lighthouse painting soon!
08/29/2026

The great Ghanaian artist Farkira outside his studio in Accra 🌊 We’ll be making prints of his Lighthouse painting soon!

Totoro prints are live in our shop 🐍 We just made some beautiful Sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ Mᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ Pʀɪɴᴛ & Pʜᴏᴛᴏ archival prints of Miyazaki...
08/29/2026

Totoro prints are live in our shop 🐍

We just made some beautiful Sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ Mᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ Pʀɪɴᴛ & Pʜᴏᴛᴏ archival prints of Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro! Recently painted by the great Ghanaian artist C.A. Wisely, the print is limited to an edition of only 25. It’s a joint release today featuring a second version of Totoro too, plus a print of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away ✨ All prints are sold separately. We’ll make a post about Spirited Away soon.

Link to the Deadly Prey shop in our bio and stories if you’re interested 🐸

Scroll left for some detail shots and a photo of the artist with his original painting outside his studio in Accra. Scroll all the way for a short video of me showing off the original painting so you can see it’s real and not AI 🤣 Honestly not even trying to give attention to any AI narrative, but some people can’t seem to tell the difference, so here you go. We pride ourselves on all original movie posters being hand-painted, it’s the tradition in Ghana of course and there’s no need to stray!

Killer new painting from the legendary Ghanaian artist Mr. Brew 🦇 Not sure what movie it’s for or if its’s even promotin...
08/29/2026

Killer new painting from the legendary Ghanaian artist Mr. Brew 🦇 Not sure what movie it’s for or if its’s even promoting a movie at all… thankfully that doesn’t matter anyway!

Should we make prints of the great Ghanaian artist Farkira’s painting of The Lighthouse?!?
08/28/2026

Should we make prints of the great Ghanaian artist Farkira’s painting of The Lighthouse?!?

A favorite right here from the great Ghanaian artist Heavy J! Photo from 2019, and he’s still the captain of our crew 👑
08/27/2026

A favorite right here from the great Ghanaian artist Heavy J! Photo from 2019, and he’s still the captain of our crew 👑

September & October are booked ✅ We’re just one month away from our next hand-painted Ghanaian movie poster pop-up exhib...
08/27/2026

September & October are booked ✅

We’re just one month away from our next hand-painted Ghanaian movie poster pop-up exhibition tour and print sale! Here’s the stops for September & October. We’ll update the event times soon, as we’re still organizing details with each venue:

NASHVILLE • Sept 24 & 25 • cë gallery

ATLANTA • Sept 27 • The Supermarket

MIAMI • Sept 29 & 30 • White Rose Coffee Ocho Placas Tattoo Company

TAMPA • Oct 2, 3 & 4 • SCARADISE

GAINESVILLE • Oct 5 • Old Head

BALTIMORE • Oct 15 • LE MONDO

PHILLY • Oct 16 • PhilaMOCA

NYC • Oct 17 & 18 • SELVA

Each pop-up exhibition features over 200 life-size original paintings, thousands of prints, with books, stickers, tees & more. All merch profits go to the artists in Ghana 🇬🇭

Early warning for November too! We’ll be putting out a call to venues soon, but in the meantime if you have anywhere great in mind for this upcoming Southwest tour let us know in the comments, or better yet send us a message. Here’s those dates and cities:

SANTA FE • Nov 10 • TBA - Looking for a venue!

ALBUQUERQUE • Nov 11 • TBA - Looking for a venue!

LAS VEGAS • Nov. 13, 14 & 15 • DesignerCon

LOS ANGELES • Nov 17 & 18 • TBA - Looking for a venue!

SAN DIEGO • Nov. 19 • TBA - Looking for a venue!

PHOENIX • Nov 21 & 22 • TBA - Looking for a venue!

TUSCON? • Nov. 23 • We’ll plan it if ppl want it!

And we got a big hometown show before Christmas too 💫

CHICAGO • Dec 5 Opening • 2 wk run • Soccer Club Club

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ❤️

Totoro prints go live in our shop this Saturday, August 29 at Noon cst! Mark your calendars 🐸Originally painted by the g...
08/26/2026

Totoro prints go live in our shop this Saturday, August 29 at Noon cst! Mark your calendars 🐸

Originally painted by the great Ghanaian artist C.A. Wisely, he actually made two different versions, both of which will be available as 24x36” Sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ Mᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ Pʀɪɴᴛ & Pʜᴏᴛᴏ archival prints. We’ll reveal the second version and maybe another Miyazaki related surprise before the prints drop 🐍 All profits go to the artists in Ghana as always. Stay tuned!

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