Clottey works across installation, performance, photography and sculpture. He is the creator of Afrogallonism, an artistic concept, which he describes as "an artistic concept to explore the relationship between the prevalence of the yellow oil gallons in to consumption and necessity in the life of the modern African." As the founder of Ghana's GoLokal, Clottey tries to transform society through art. He studied at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra and the Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte in Brazil, and received an Honorary Doctorate of Art from the University of Brighton in 2019. His prolific career has led to numerous solo exhibitions in Ghana, UAE, USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland, while group exhibitions have featured his work similarly across the globe.