Patrique deGraft-Yankson is an Associate Professor of Art and Design Education in the University of Education, Winneba, where he was the Dean of the School of Creative Arts between 2017 and 2022. His research interests contrast the argument for the preferences of exotic design tenets in contemporary art/design education in Africa, with a profound deconstructive and decolonizing position that aims at redefining art/design for visual cultural relevance. This passion for transformative research spurs him to engage his students in the investigation of what it should take to redesign the sociocultural milieu through art and design education with the wellbeing of the society in focus. He is currently engaged in a series of projects that seek to explore how traditional art/design resources work to influence global arts education with the Exploring Visual Cultures (EVC) group. He is also an Africa and Middle Councilor for the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA).