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Amoako Boafo Quotes

b. 1984 Ghana

Thomas Amoako Boafo, known as Amoako Boafo (born 10 May 1984), was an artist,born and raised in Osu, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

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I don’t see anyone who’s 40 years old in this world beating me

It’s not like I paint one way and then have a different character. The way I live is the way I paint

Whenever I would sit and draw, I wouldn’t think about anything else; it was as if there were no problems

I think there should be more education on collecting, because once we have home-based collectors, careers can be more sustainable

For me painting is like creating my own community

Textiles already play an important role in how I think about identity, presence, and character, so bringing embroidery into the work felt like a natural extension of that.

People often ask me: Why do you only paint black people? But I don't think anyone would ask a white artist painting white people about that

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Amoako Boafo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.