Rufai Zakari is based between Accra and Bawku, Ghana. He completed his apprenticeship under Mozzay, a senior artist in Nima, Accra and graduated from the Ghanatta College of Art and Design. In his work, Zakari examines consumerism, environmental pollution, labor, trade, and the perils of industrialization in contemporary Ghanaian Society. The founder of Rujab Eco-Art Foundation in his hometown of Bawku, Zakari bases his practice on the recycling of waste in the streets of Ghana.

Solo exhibitions include San Luis Potosí Center for the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico, Contemporary Art Matters, Ohio, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Gallery T293, Rome, Italy and Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, England.

Recent group exhibitions include Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, 1-54 NYC, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, New York, New York, Queretaro Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico; Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, Untitled Miami Beach, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Miami, Florida, The Armory Show, The Breeder Gallery, New York, New York, and many more since 2014.  Rufai Zakari’s work can be found in important private and public collections including Pizzuti Collection at Columbus Museum Of Art (US), Arthur Lewis Collection (US), Easton Capital/John Friedman Collection (US), Nubuke Foundation, (Ghana), The Bunker Artspace Museum (USA), The Ditau Collection (South Africa), Susan Goodman Collection (US), VG Collection, Akron Museum Collection (US), JOM Collection (Senegal), AMMA Foundation (Mexico), The Africa Centre Collection, London (UK).