Kwesi Botchway Ghana, b. 1994
Botchway is interested in depicting compelling figurative portrait paintings from different generations. His point of focus is the Eyes, Nose and Mouth which is where our emotions are best portrayed, Botchway also believes it helps us better visually experience one another's feelings; an exchange of information without using words.
His Paintings help create an intriguing dialogue between the subject's message and the viewer. Botchway work compels the viewer to become physically and emotionally invested in the subject's story. He aims to capture the spirit, essence and heritage of his subjects and use this as an opportunity to lend the world a glance into the lives and struggles of people whose stories are yet to be fully told.
His paintings are meant to trigger emotions of pride or shame, honor or disgust and sometimes even humor, It's all about the story of his subjects, which words cannot fully explain.
Kwesi Botchway, is the Founder of worldfaze art studio. He was born in Accra-Ghana and studied Art, at the (Ghanatta College of Art and Design).
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Homecoming: The Aesthetic of the Cool
26 Mar - 9 May 2021In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Gallery 1957, proudly presents the contributions of Ghana's compelling voices in contemporary art. Homecoming: The Aesthetic of the Cool, showcases new work of Amoako...Read more -
Kwesi Botchway-Becoming as well as Being
28 Oct - 18 Dec 2020Gallery 1957 are pleased to announce a solo exhibition with Ghanaian artist Kwesi Botchway at their London gallery, opening 28 October 2020. Taking its title from an essay by the...Read more -
Kwesi Botchway-Dark Purple is Everything Black
19 May - 9 Jun 2020In Kwesi Botchway’s vibrant paintings, colour is everything. Colour is language, character, culture, community. In particular, purple is the new black—the new everything black . Botchway’s world of monochromatic backgrounds...Read more
Exhibitions:
Dark Purple is Everything Black, Gallery 1957 (Accra, 2020)
Cgunu/Nkambom Art Exhibition (Cape Town 2020)
Chalewote Street Art Festival (Pidginimaginarium, 2019)
Sabolai Radio Music Festival (2019)
James Town Café Exhibition (Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall visit to Ghana 2018)
Chalewote Street Art Festival (Accra,PARAOTHER2018)
Artist Alliance Gallery (Accra, 2018)
Hos Oona Galleri & Sundhed (Denmark, 2017)
Chalewote street art festival (wata mata 2017)
Qaba Exhibition (Alliance Francaise 2017)
Ghana Culture Forum / National Theatre (Group 2017)
555 Art exhibition (2016)
Africa Contemporary Art Gabah (Hamburg, 2016)
Let’s Talk shit project, Alliance Francaise (Accra, 2016)
Hos Oona Galleri og Sundhed (Denmark, 2016)
Chalewote Street Art Festival (Spirit Robot, 2016)
Dzala Butiq, Brazil House (Accra, 2016)
Novica Gallery
Golden Tulip Hotel (2015)
Ghana national Museum (Accra, 2015)
Ghanatta College of art and Design (Art Center 2014)
Awards:
GUBA Awards USA Nominee — Influential Artist 2019
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Gallery 1957 Presents a Group Exhibition in Collaboration With Christie's Dubai
[West] African Renaissance presents some of the most significant West African artists. 10 Nov 2021On November 14 and for the duration of one month, Gallery 1957 will open [West] African Renaissance, an exhibition in collaboration with Christie’s Dubai. On...Read more -
Artist Talk: Dark Purple Is Everything Black
25 Jun 2021Enjoy a 30 minute virtual Q+A with artist Kwesi Botchway and curator Katherine Finerty, who wrote the exhibition essay for Kwesi's recently opened solo show...Read more -
For Ghanaian Portraitist Kwesi Botchway, Fashion and Power Go Hand in Hand
13 Nov 2020“Kwesi is the right artist for this time...[his] declaration of the Black identity is like a testimony of the contemporary life” says Marwan Zakhem for...Read more -
Kwesi Botchway Revels in the Many Colors of Blackness – for Vogue US
27 Oct 2020'Botchway takes what he knows of the subject and builds on it, recreating their identity to tell a larger story through color, shape, and light,...Read more
