Project Description

Artist Profile

Kwame Osa

Artist Profile

Kwame Osa

Kwame Osa is a Ghanaian born, 38years of age. After basic and secondary education, Osa studied at the Ghanata College of Art, a Ghanaian art institution in 2001 and graduated with a certificate and a diploma in Fine Art in 2003. Osa has been painting since after school and till now, Osa does commissions and other related works in his studio and outside his studio. Osa’s pour himself onto the canvas u see on display and when viewed in a broader and simpler form of expressionism/still lifes and portraits are loaded with painterly energy and tend to resonate with vitality, emotions, beauty, and culture. Although an element of movement is ever-present in his works, feet less human figures aggressively portray motion while adding a touch of spirituality. Broad strokes in diverse directions inundate both images and their backgrounds thereby creating a cool groove of colors.

Whether portraying humans in a pensive mood or playing music as well as showcasing the splendor
of African women, Osa’s paintings are able to touch a wide range of temperaments-indeed from
frenetic to the lyrical as if grappling with some Ghanaian masters who worked in the 1950s and 60s
Undeniably bits of air that emanates from some works, vigor from his large-scale paintings and a
playful range of cool colors carry the baggage of history as the artist calls further attention to life in the
past. Osa flirts with the concept of the suppleness and unevenness of the female body consequently a
surreptitious harmony exists between his brushstrokes, figures, and backgrounds-a move that ensures
effective transmission of his thoughts and ideas. You are welcome to imagine the place I draw
inspiration.

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