Amoako Boafo

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Amoako Boafo
Amoako Boafo.jpg
Portrait of Amoako Boafo
Born
Thomas Amoako Boafo

(1984-05-10) May 10, 1984 (age 37)
Osu Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Known forVisual Art, Painter

Thomas Amoako Boafo, known as Amoako Boafo (born 10 May 1984), is a Ghanaian painter and visual artist.[1][2]

Career[]

Boafo was born and raised in Osu in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He attended the Ghanatta College of Art and Design in Accra, and later continued his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Austria.[3][4]

Boafo's work is in private and public collections, most recently in the Blenheim Art Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Rubell Museum, Marieluise Hessel Collection, the Aishti Foundation, the CCS Bard College Hessel Museum of Art, the Pizzuti Collection of Columbus Museum of Art and the Albertina Museum in Vienna.[5][6]

Boafo was awarded the jury prize of the Walter Koschatzky Art Prize in 2017, and the STRABAG Art award International in 2019, both in Vienna, Austria.[7] In 2019, he participated in a residency at the new Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida, and in 2020 collaborated with Dior for their Spring/Summer 2021 Men Collection.[8][9][10]

His work Suborbital Tryptych, consisting of three portraits of himself, his mother and a friend's mother, was printed on the top of the crew capsule of a New Shepard rocket that performed a suborbital launch on August 26th 2021 reaching outer space with an apogee of 106 km.[11]

Style[]

His portraits focus on posture, clothing, and the stroke[clarification needed] of skin which he accentuates with finger painting technique.[12][13]

Awards[]

  • Jury prize, Walter Koschatzky Art Prize in 2017.[14]
  • STRABAG Art award International in 2019.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Figurative painter Amoako Boafo on his stratospheric rise". British GQ. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ^ "New Now: Amoako Boafo and Titus Kaphar Top Phillips Emerging Artist Auction, Firelei Báez and Marcus Jahmal Among Record Setters". Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ Barnes, Ekow (2020-08-05). "Amoako Boafo is nuancing how Black men are represented in painting". i-D. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. ^ "Rencontre avec Amoako Boafo, la nouvelle révélation de l'art". Numéro Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ Campbell-LaFleur, Andrianna (2020-09-01). "Amoako Boafo on His Incredible Portraits: 'I Paint to Show What I Am'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  6. ^ ""When I look at you, do you see me?" Painter Amoako Boafo urges us to consider the complexities of blackness". Document Journal. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  7. ^ "Amoako Boafo für Dior Men: "Die Darstellung von Solidarität war nie wichtiger als jetzt"". GQ Germany (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  8. ^ "Dior infuses Amoako Boafo's paintings into its collection". Vogue Paris. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  9. ^ Wightman-Stone, Danielle (2020-07-14). "Dior Men collaborates with Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo". FashionUnited. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  10. ^ "The Story Behind Amoako Boafo's Deeply Personal Collection With Dior". SURFACE. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  11. ^ "New Shepard Successfully Completes Mission with Commercial and NASA-Supported Payloads on Board". Blue Origin (Press release). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Amoako Boafo's Paintings Stare Back at You | Frieze". Frieze. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  13. ^ "2021 TIME100 Next: Amoako Boafo". Time. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  14. ^ "Amoako Boafo Cobalt Blue Earring – MB Arts & Culture". Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  15. ^ "Amoako Boafo Receives the 2019 STRABAG Artaward International - News - Roberts Projects LA". www.robertsprojectsla.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

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