ADELAIDE DAMOAH

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Adelaide Damoah cares about female empowerment

 

 

Performance

 

Live performance during Unfold Festival 2018

UNFOLD FESTIVAL 2018

Live performance during Unfold Festival 2018

MTArt Agency Partnership with Christie’s Education


Live performance during Unfold Festival 2018

Live performance during Unfold Festival 2018

VISUAL DIET WITH M&C SAATCHI AND RANKIN


Live performance during Unfold Festival 2018

MAKE SPACE WITH EUSTON TOWN


 

 

Artworks

 

Painting 'A Person Alone Hurts (Ɔbaako yɛ ya)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 116.8 x 147.3 cm)

A Person Alone Hurts

Painting 'If Someone Does not Know You, He May Call You a Beast (Obi nni wo a, ɔfre wo aboa bi)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 134.6 x 94 cm)

If Someone Does not Know You, He May Call You a Beast


Painting 'Patience Removes Mountains (Aboterɛ tutu mmopɔ)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 101.6 x 68.6 cm)

Patience removes mountains

Painting 'If It Comes, It Affects Your Relatives (Ɛba a, ɛka oni)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 76.2 x 152.4 cm)

If It Comes, It Affects Your Relatives


ADELAIDE DAMOAH SOLO EXHIBITION, OCTOBER 2018

Painting 'One Person Alone Easily Becomes Anxious (Ɔbaakufoɔ ani nkyɛrɛ bere)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 29.2 x 43.2 cm)

One person alone easily becomes anxioUS


Painting 'At Someone Else’s Mother’s Funeral You Weep for Your Own Mother (Obi ni ayie ase na obi su ne ni)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 134.6 x 94 cm)

At someone else’s mother’s funeral you weep for your own mother

Painting 'A Stubborn Woman Causes Trouble (Ɔbaa asobrakyeɛ so amaneɛ)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 139.7 x 101.6 cm)

A stubborn woman causes trouble

Painting 'Everyone Has His God-Given Beauty (Obiara wɔ n’ahoɔfɛ a Onyame de bɔɔ no)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 101.6 x 68.6 cm)

Everyone has his God-given beauty


Painting 'If a Woman Doesn’t Love You It Doesn’t Help if You Splash Money on Her (Ɔbaa mpɛ a, ɛnim se woate sika)', 2018 (24 carat gold leaf on card, 35.6 x 26.7 cm)

If a woman doesn’t love you it doesn’t help if you splash money on her

Painting 'If Two People Are Fighting then He Who Is Third Must Be the Peacemaker (Baanu ko a, deɛ ɔtia baasa yɛ ɔpatafoɔ)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 35.6 x 26.7 cm)

If two people are fighting then he who is third must be the peacemaker

Painting 'A Blood Relation Does not Like Poverty (Bogya mpɛ hia)', 2018 (pigment, Singularity black aint and 24 carat gold leaf on watercolour paper, 35.6 x 26.7 cm)

A blood relation does not like poverty


Live performance during Unfold Festival 2018

ADELAIDE DAMOAH SOLO EXHIBITION, OCTOBER 2018

Painting 'If Unity Is not a Good Thing, Look at the Black Ants as They Form a Straight Line (Baakoyɛ nyɛ fɛ a, hwɛ nkrane a ato santene)', 2018 (pigment on watercolour paper, 35.6 x 26.7 cm)

If unity is not a good thing, look at the black ants as they form a straight line


Painting 'John Brown’s Bible', 2018 (24 carat gold leaf on vintage 1800’s John Brown Bible cover, 35.6 x 24.1 cm)

JOHN BROWN’S BIBLE

Painting 'Leviticus XXV', 2018 (pigment and 24 carat gold leaf on bible page,35.6 x 24.1 cm)

LEVITICUS XXV

Painting 'Genesis XXXVII', 2018 (pigment and 24 carat gold leaf on bible page, 35.6 x 24.1 cm)

GENESIS XXXVII


Painting 'Genesis XL', 2018 (pigment and 24 carat gold leaf on bible page, 35.6 x 24.1 cm)

GENESIS XL

Painting 'Genesis XXVI', 2018 (pigment and 24 carat gold leaf on bible page, 35.6 x 24.1 cm)

GENESIS XXVI

Painting 'Exodus XXII', 2018 (pigment, image transfer and 24 carat gold leaf on bible page, 35.6 x 24.1 cm)

EXODUS XXII


Painting 'My Dad Thinks I am Honest', 2017 (mixed media finished with epoxy resin on canvas, 91.4 x 61 cm)

MY DAD THINK I AM HONEST

Painting 'To Know Her. Amma Ammissah Quansah', 2017 (mixed media finished with epoxy resin on canvas, 50.8 x 50.8 cm)

To Know Her. Amma Ammissah Quansah

Painting 'You Should Learn to Speak the Language', 2017 (mixed media on canvas, 91.4 x 61 cm)

YOU SHOULD LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE


Painting 'This Is Me 7 & 8', 2017 (oil and marker pen on wood panels, diptych, 76.2 x 50.8 cm each)

THIS IS ME 7 & 8

Painting 'What the Parents Said', 2017 (oil and pen on canvas, quadriptych, 76.2 x 61 cm each)

WHAT THE PARENTS SAID


Performance piece 'This Is Me - The Inconsistency of the Self', 2017 (Day 2 @ UNFOLD, 210 x 400 cm)

This Is Me - The Inconsistency Of The Self

Performance piece 'This Is Me - The Inconsistency of the Self', 2017 (Day 1 @ UNFOLD, 210 x 400 cm)

THIS IS ME - THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE SELF


Performance piece 'My Body Is Present - Homage to Ana Mendieta', 2019 (Day 3 @ Bloomsbury Festival, oil and pen on canvas, 210 x 300 cm)

My Body is Present - Homage to Ana Mendieta

Performance piece 'My Body Is Present - Homage to Ana Mendieta', 2018 (Day 1 @ Christie's Education, oil and pen on canvas, 210 x 200 cm)

MY BODY IS PRESENT - HOMAGE TO ANA MENDIETA